Xu Dalong stepped forward, stood at attention and saluted the guerrillas, and said enthusiastically: "Hello brothers! On behalf of the Songshan guerrillas, I welcome you home."
After listening to Xu Dalong's words, the guerrillas burst into even warmer applause.
Su Zhenning stepped forward while applauding, and then pressed his hands down to signal everyone to stop applauding.
He said: "Brothers, do you know who Captain Xu is? Even though he is young, he is a famous anti-Japanese hero in the Eighth Route Army of our underground party."
Next, he introduced what he learned about Xu Dalong to the guerrillas.
None of the guerrillas expected that Xu Dalong, at such a young age, would have established so many amazing achievements. They have experienced hundreds of battles and know that the Japanese army is very powerful. Even in the period when the guerrillas outside the customs were strong, it would be a great victory to eliminate hundreds of Japanese at one time. But the young man in front of them was able to command thousands of troops, or even entire divisions, to annihilate the Japanese army. This was completely beyond their imagination.
Everyone was dumbfounded and could only express their excitement with warm applause.
Next, Su Zhenning asked Xu Dalong to give a situation report on the Anti-Japanese War.
Xu Dalong first introduced the process of the underground party troops in the pass being reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army after Chang Zheng, and persisted in the war of resistance and continued to grow and develop.
The guerrillas were very excited after hearing this. They now knew that they were not fighting alone. There were thousands of anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party in the country who also insisted on resisting the war like them. Like overseas travelers, they felt like they had found home. Many people's eyes became moist after listening to it, and some shed tears directly.
Xu Dalong then introduced the development of the Songshan guerrillas. He knew that these veterans of the guerrillas had suffered various blows in their battles with the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchukuo Army. They did not have much confidence in whether they could persist in the war of resistance and develop in the dangerous environment outside the Kwantung Army. hope. They are willing to return home to fight, but they have a tragic feeling of fighting the enemy to the bitter end.
In order to strengthen their confidence, Xu Dalong gave a very detailed introduction to the development history of the Songshan guerrillas. He wanted to use facts to prove that as long as they fought bravely, were not afraid of sacrifice, and coupled with correct strategies and tactics, the guerrillas would be able to win outside the customs. Stand firm and grow.
Xu Dalong introduced how he led a special operations squadron to escort Comrade Wang from the underground party to the pass. On the way, he encountered the guerrillas in Guanzhenshan and rescued them.
When Xu Dalong mentioned Guan Zhenshan, someone among the guerrillas stood up. There were three of them, and they were all former subordinates of Guan Zhenshan. When they heard that Guan Zhenshan and others were still alive, they were all extremely excited and asked with concern about the current situation of Guan Zhenshan and others.
Xu Dalong said that Guan Zhenshan and others are doing well now. He asked the three guerrillas to sit down first and said that what he was going to talk about next was related to the current situation of Guan Zhenshan and others.
Xu Dalong told how after rescuing Guan Zhenshan and others, he wanted to escort them to the pass for rest and recuperation, but Guan Zhenshan and the others insisted on staying and continuing to fight outside the pass.
Speaking of this, Xu Dalong highly praised Guan Zhenshan and the others for their firm fighting spirit that they would rather die than surrender and shed their blood on their homeland.
When Xu Dalong said this, many guerrillas felt a little ashamed. They were also staunch and unyielding old guerrillas who were forced to retreat outside the country under orders from their superiors. But after all, they withdrew from the border and did not continue to fight outside the border like Guan Zhenshan and others.
They felt very uncomfortable, and now they were looking forward to returning to China as soon as possible, and like Guan Zhenshan and others, fought bloody battles against the Japanese invaders.
When Xu Dalong talked about Guan Zhenshan and the others' insistence not to enter the customs, he hesitated. He didn't want to irritate these old guerrilla members.
In the end, he chose to tell the truth about this experience. He felt that this would better inspire the old guerrillas' sense of honor and return to China with greater enthusiasm to participate in the Anti-Japanese War. At this moment, when he saw the guerrillas' expressions, he knew he had done the right thing.
Xu Dalong told how the Songshan guerrillas only had 200 people when they were established. Through flexible tactics, they continuously annihilated the Japanese and puppet troops, conquered group tribes, and rescued a large number of people. The guerrillas continued to grow and develop, and in just a few months In the entire process, tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops were annihilated, an anti-Japanese guerrilla column of more than 10,000 people was created, and a vast anti-Japanese base area including 12 counties was established.
The guerrillas heard this with excitement. As Xu Dalong narrated, he received warm applause from time to time.
In order to strengthen the guerrillas' confidence in the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Dalong also talked about the international situation, the entire international anti-fascist war, and the situation in the Pacific battlefield.
So the guerrillas understood that even though the Kwantung Army in front of them seemed extremely powerful, it was actually a paper tiger. They were on the decline and would definitely be driven back to their hometown in a few years.
The guerrillas have been fighting in the white mountains, black waters, and vast jungles all year round, and their information is very limited. Even after retreating abroad, they could not get more news and information.
Xu Dalong's report opened a magnificent picture in front of them. The tragedy in the hearts of the guerrillas had been transformed into the passion for fighting, and their morale was extremely high.
Gao Youde is a Zhengzhi worker with rich experience. After Xu Dalong finished speaking, he raised his arms and shouted with passion. The guerrillas were also full of enthusiasm and shouted slogans along with him.
"Drive out the Japanese invaders and return our mountains and rivers to us." "Fight back to our hometown. The Japanese invaders will be defeated and our army will win!"
The long-suppressed emotions of the team members were fully released. The loud voices of hundreds of people soared into the sky, and the birds in the distant forest were frightened and flew away.
Xu Dalong was extremely satisfied with the morale of the guerrillas. He told the guerrillas to be ready and return home to join the war when the special forces arrived.
While waiting for Wei Dayong and others, Xu Dalong was not idle. He took the initiative to interact with the local garrison of the Su Army and established a good relationship with them.
The Soviet army also attached great importance to Xu Dalong's experience in fighting Japan, invited him to conduct discussions, and discussed with Xu Dalong how to cooperate with the Songshan guerrillas in the future. In the end, the Soviet Far East Army decided to send a liaison team to follow Xu Dalong and others to the Songshan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong knew that the Su army requested cooperation with the Songshan guerrillas, so he took the opportunity to ask for a large amount of weapons, equipment and other military supplies for the Songshan guerrillas.
On this day, the special forces member who acted with Xu Dalong finally came to the guerrilla station and told Xu Dalong the news of the heroic sacrifice of the guerrilla.
Xu Dalong felt very heavy and took off his hat in silence towards the sacrifice of the guerrillas.
His heavy heart was quickly diluted by the good news. In the evening of that day, the special operations squadron led by Wei Dayong finally arrived at the guerrillas' station.
Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and the guerrillas were all anxious to return home to fight, but Xu Dalong asked them to wait for another two days. He still had things to do.
That night, he went to the Su army's barracks and asked Serev and others to call their superiors and agreed to meet here at noon tomorrow.
At 10 a.m. the next day, Xu Dalong sent several special operations team members carrying an 82mm recoilless rifle and 40-mm rocket launcher to the Soviet army's barracks to meet with experts from the Soviet Far Eastern Front arsenal.
The Soviet army's weapons industry is relatively advanced, but they believe in artillery doctrine. The focus of weapon development is on tanks and giant artillery. Close-combat artillery such as rocket launchers and 82mm recoilless rifles are their shortcomings in development.
The experts at the Soviet Army Arsenal were very interested after testing the power of the 40-mm rocket launcher and the 82 mm recoilless rifle. These two melee firearms are not only effective in dealing with armored vehicles, but also play a huge role in urban offensive and defensive operations. They believe that if the Soviet army is equipped with such weapons, it can effectively improve the combat effectiveness of the infantry.
In addition, they were also very interested in the walkie-talkies carried by Xu Dalong and others. The three pieces of equipment developed by Xu Dalong all adopt advanced technologies from later generations and are completely ahead of the times. Experts from Sujun Arsenal hope to obtain corresponding production technology.
Xu Dalong wanted this effect. He said that he could sell the drawings and related production processes to Su Jun.
Experts from the arsenal requested Xu Dalong to send special forces members to carry these three pieces of equipment and go with them to the Far East Army Command Headquarters. They wanted to show these three pieces of equipment to their superiors to facilitate this deal.
While waiting for the decision from superiors, experts from the arsenal discussed economic development with Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong's knowledge and concepts for future weapons development have attracted great attention from ordnance industry experts. They said they would try their best to facilitate the current deal and then further strengthen cooperation with Xu Dalong.
The generals of the Far East Front all recognized the three pieces of equipment designed by Xu Dalong and approved the equipment department to reach this deal with Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong was not as open as the lion. The three pieces of equipment only cost 1 million meters of gold in total. He is prepared to continue to obtain more resources from the Su army.
The Su army hoped that Xu Dalong could stay for a while and provide technical guidance to their arsenal. But Xu Dalong had to return to the Songshan guerrillas. The Su army decided to send an ordnance team to follow Xu Dalong to the Songshan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong went to the Sujun barracks and stayed there for several days. Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and others were anxiously waiting and prepared to send people to urge Xu Dalong to come back.
Fortunately, Xu Dalong came back soon, and with him was a convoy of the Su Army.
Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and the guerrillas all came out to greet them, and Xu Dalong asked them to arrange for people to unload the truck. Seeing the mountains of weapons and equipment and various other military supplies, the guerrillas admired Xu Dalong very much.
They have been relying on others for a long time. The attitude of the Su army towards them is neither good nor bad, and the equipment and material supply cannot keep up with the ordinary Su army.
Although Su Jun promised them that they would provide them with some supplies before returning home, they did not expect that it would be so generous, and everyone was very excited.
When everyone knew that Xu Dalong had received 1 million meters in gold through technology transfer, they couldn't believe their eyes. Although they had all heard about Xu Dalong's miraculous abilities from the special forces members, the scene in front of them still stunned them, and they were all in admiration.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others were finally setting off for the secret camp of the Songshan guerrillas. Their team includes a 205-person special operations squadron led by Wei Dayong, a 675-person guerrilla force led by Su Zhenning and Gao Yongde, 11 people from the Su army liaison team and ordnance team, and 60 civilians mobilized by the guerrillas. In total, 908 people formed a special detachment.
That night, the special operations squadron led by Wei Dayong crossed the national border under the leadership of five guides, followed closely by the Su army's liaison team and ordnance team, and then 60 civilians and some guerrillas. transport team. Su Zhenning leads the guerrillas as a defender.
When Wei Dayong and the special operations squadron arrived, they had already explored a path. The operation of the special detachment went very smoothly at the beginning, and there was no interception by the Japanese and puppet troops for a whole day.
The guerrillas marched day and night, stopping to rest at dawn. For the safety of the special detachment, Wei Dayong sent special forces members to serve as guards around the area, and he himself led a detachment to the front to explore the way.
At 5 o'clock, Wei Dayong sent someone back to report the news. Although they carried wireless telegraph phones, they were worried that the signal would be received by the Japanese and puppet troops, so they could only turn it off and send messengers to report the message.
The correspondent came to Xu Dalong and said that a Japanese and puppet army's mountain forest expedition team was found ahead. More than 50 people were resting by the creek in the valley. Wei Dayong asked Xu Dalong for instructions on what to do.
Xu Dalong asked the correspondent to go back and tell Wei Dayong not to alert this group of Japanese and puppet troops, and not to take action unless they happened to search where the special detachment was camping. If we take action, we must be resolute and decisive and do not let any Japanese and puppet troops go.
The correspondent ran to the hillside and passed Xu Dalong's instructions to Wei Dayong. Wei Dayong nodded and continued to monitor the Japanese and puppet troops in the valley.
The Japanese and puppet troops who camped temporarily next to the creek stayed there for more than an hour and then left one after another.
Two special operations team members followed them. After confirming that they were far away, they came back and reported to Wei Dayong.
Wei Dayong sent a squad of special forces members to continue exploring the front. The special operations team members carried walkie-talkies. Wei Dayong ordered their walkie-talkies to stay on. They had agreed in advance not to make any calls. If they found out about the enemy, they would blow into the phone three times in a row. Once the danger was over, everything was safe. Take two long breaths.
Due to their caution, they marched for three consecutive days without encountering Japanese and puppet troops.
