Fengtian, Kwantung Army Headquarters.
The development and growth of the guerrillas in the Songshan area has caused great trouble to the Kwantung Army. I heard that a large group of guerrillas had appeared along the border, which made Chishu Shida even more troubled. The trajectory of the special detachment's activities makes Shida Chiji somewhat unclear. He believed that such excellent tactics must be related to Xu Dalong.
Oda Chishu is very depressed now. He felt that Xu Dalong was not only superb in tactics, but also had long-term strategic considerations. The anti-Japanese base areas he established outside the customs were not carried out blindly. The Songshan area in the south can rely on the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region in the pass, and on the northern border it can rely on the Soviet army outside the country. It has great battle depth and can advance and retreat freely. It is very difficult to completely annihilate them. Relying on the base area created, Xu Dalong's troops posed a huge threat to the Kwantung Army. As the base area continued to expand, it continued to squeeze the Kwantung Army's living space and reduce its strength, making it difficult for the Japanese army's largest strategic group to exert its power. Stabilizing the situation.
The Japanese base camp was already anxious and gave the Kwantung Army a death order. Even if Xu Dalong's troops could not be completely annihilated, they must be expelled from the country and restore the Kwantung Army's original occupation area.
Shida Chiji believed that relying solely on the strength of the Kwantung Army was no longer enough to complete this task. To deal with the Songshan guerrillas in the south, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation with the North China Front Army. The North China Front Army will attack the anti-Japanese base area in the Jidong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army and cut off the Songshan guerrillas' back-up.
In the north, we must put pressure on Lao Maozi through diplomatic channels to prevent them from receiving assistance from the Suzhou army. If these two problems are not solved, the Kwantung Army will launch attacks blindly and will have no effect at all.
After discussing with the Chief of Staff and others, Shida Chiji decided to kick the ball to the base camp first and let them coordinate the relationship with the North China Front Army and Lao Maozi.
What the Kwantung Army is currently doing is to prevent Xu Dalong's troops from further expanding their base outside the Kwantung Army.
The Japanese base camp also believed that the request made by the Kwantung Army was reasonable. He issued an order to the North China Front Army to send troops to attack the anti-Japanese base area in the Jidong Military Region. Not only that, but the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi was also asked to launch an attack on the Mawushan base area in an attempt to force Xu Da to have no energy to continue causing trouble outside the pass.
Yoshio Shinozuka also hated Xu Dalong. When he heard that Xu Dalong had gone outside the pass to harm the Kwantung Army, he felt much relieved. He didn't want to attack the Mawushan base and then recruit that devil Xu Dalong back to harm the First Army stationed in Shanxi. Therefore, after he received the order from the North China Front Army, he fully agreed. However, the Japanese First Army stood still due to heavy thunder and small rain.
The North China Front Army received an order from the base camp, requiring them to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army base area in the Jidong Military Region. This also caused them a lot of headaches.
Now that the North China Front has insufficient troops, they themselves are very troubled by the Eighth Route Army active in the eastern Hebei area. If they had the ability to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in that area, they would have taken action long ago. Therefore, after receiving the order from the base camp, they studied for a long time, but they were unable to mobilize a large number of troops to execute the order from the base camp. They only mobilized some troops for show, and nothing happened.
As for the Japanese army contacting Lao Maozi through the diplomatic department, they were also practicing Tai Chi there, saying that the war between China's underground party and the Japanese army had nothing to do with them, and they ignored the Japanese request.
After all this trouble, more than a month passed in the blink of an eye. The Kwantung Army did not receive any substantial help, and all the problems had to be faced by themselves.
Xu Dalong and others used this month to establish more than a dozen secret camps along the border, store a large amount of supplies, and basically complete the training of new recruits. They also replenished these recruits into the old army and reorganized the special detachment. Reorganized.
The reorganized special detachment consists of a detachment headquarters, a special operations squadron, an artillery brigade, and four infantry brigades, with a total strength of 4,320 people. Xu Dalong is temporarily serving as the detachment leader, Su Zhenning is the deputy detachment leader, Gao Yongde is the Zheng committee member, and Wei Dayong is the chief of staff. .
After the troops completed their reorganization, they launched another attack on the Japanese army.
During this period, the Kwantung Army also made some moves. They mobilized a division and a half to form a blockade against the special detachment. The special detachment launched several attacks on the Japanese army but made little progress. Just when the Japanese army was complacent, the main force of the special detachment suddenly appeared 120 kilometers west of the Japanese blockade.
It turned out that all this was carefully planned by Xu Dalong. Seeing the Japanese army setting up a blockade on the front, he led the special operations brigade, two squadrons of the artillery brigade, and two infantry brigade of the special detachment, retreated across the border and along the The border moved 120 kilometers westward, and then entered the country again from there, launching an attack on the weak links in the Japanese and puppet defenses. The attacks launched by the special detachment towards the Japanese army from the front were all feints, just smoke bombs spread to cooperate with the actions of the main force.
Xu Dalong led the main force of the special detachment to rush out of the mountains and forests, and with lightning speed, they successively captured two county towns, opened 13 group tribes, eliminated more than 1,700 Japanese and puppet troops and a large number of Han people, and rescued They captured more than 100,000 people, seized a large number of weapons, equipment and supplies, and recruited more than 3,000 new soldiers. Then they ended the battle and moved into the mountains and forests for rest and recuperation.
Facing the long border and the elusive tactics of the special detachment, Shida Chiji had a splitting headache and felt like he had no idea what to do.
On this day, Xu Dalong received another piece of good news. Zhang Dabiao led the three main regiments, military industry team, medical team and baggage troops of the Mawushan Military Division and had already merged with the Songshan guerrillas. According to Xu Dalong's suggestion, Zhang Dabiao served as the captain of the Songshan guerrillas, and the positions of other people remained unchanged.
After Zhang Dabiao took over the Songshan guerrillas, he spent a week getting familiar with the troops, and then reorganized the Songshan guerrilla column. After reorganization, the Songshan Guerrilla Column consists of a column headquarters, an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, and four infantry detachments, with a total strength of more than 23,000 people.
The guerrillas and special operations team members who pretended to be the main force of the special detachment and went south, under the leadership of Xu Tao, continuously launched attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops, completing the task of covering the main force's return north. Then they received a telegram from Xu Dalong, allowing them to move freely and get rid of the siege of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Xu Tao immediately led the guerrillas out of the battle with the Japanese and puppet troops and hid in the deep mountains and forests.
Xu Tao, under the leadership of Su Zhenning, had been fighting guerrillas in this area all year round. He was very familiar with the mountains, rivers, jungles and ravines here. If it weren't for them running out of ammunition and food, the Japanese and puppet troops would have been unable to do anything to them. , this time they carried enough ammunition and living supplies to last for two months, walked around the mountains several times, found their previously hidden secret camp, and hid the troops.
The Japanese mountain expedition team searching the mountain could not find any trace of them and had to withdraw from the forest.
After reconnaissance, Xu Tao found that the Japanese and puppet troops who had entered the mountain to search for seizures had left, so he led his team members on the road back north. However, the road they chose this time deviated from the road back north of the special detachment. For more than 150 kilometers, the Japanese and puppet troops could not see where they were going and could not intercept them along the way, so they arrived near the border very smoothly.
That afternoon, a long blowing sound came from the walkie-talkie they carried. The correspondent was very excited when he heard this signal. This meant that the person contacting them was very close to them. He hurriedly responded in the same way. .
The other party spoke directly and wanted to talk to Xu Tao.
The correspondent hurriedly woke up Xu Tao, and Xu Tao asked about the other party's situation. Unexpectedly, the person speaking turned out to be Su Zhenning.
He asked with concern: "Xu Tao, are you okay? What are the casualties?"
Xu Tao was very excited. He said excitedly: "Captain Su, we are all doing well. A total of more than a dozen team members have been injured or killed."
Su Zhenning was very pleased. He was worried that this small force would be completely destroyed. He didn't expect that after completing the mission, there would be only such small casualties.
He said happily: "You are really good. You stay where you are now. The main force of our special detachment has now crossed the border and is very close to you. We will go over and join you."
Forty minutes later, Xu Tao and the guerrillas saw Su Zhenning and were shocked when they saw so many guerrillas following them. After only being separated for more than a month, the special detachment has grown to so many people, it looks like there are two thousand people.
Seeing Xu Tao's confused expression, Su Zhenning told him that the special detachment had grown rapidly and now numbered more than 7,000 people, which was a tenfold increase. This time they went out to fight and prepared to establish an anti-Japanese base area.
Xu Tao and his guerrillas were very excited and insisted on serving as the vanguard of the large army.
In the next month, Xu Dalong, Su Zhenning, and Gao Yongde led the special detachment to continuously attack the Japanese and puppet troops along the border. They successively captured three county towns, opened up a large number of group tribes, and rescued hundreds of thousands of civilians. The surname was beaten to a pulp by the Japanese and puppet troops.
Led by Zhang Dabiao and Guan Zhenshan, the Songshan guerrillas also launched continuous offensives and annihilated a complete infantry brigade of the Japanese 22nd Division, as well as other Japanese and puppet troops, totaling more than 3,300 people. A large number of people in other security areas on the edge of the base area were rescued and turned into guerrilla zones.
The Japanese army attempted to build a field airport in Jinzhou and was attacked by a special operations brigade. They also killed a deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force who came to inspect.
The Kwantung Army saw that the situation was getting worse and worse, and was preparing to mobilize a large number of troops from the hinterland outside the Kwantung to block further guerrilla offensives.
When the struggle situation outside the pass was developing vigorously, Xu Dalong received an order from his superiors, requiring him to take Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, Wei Dayong and the special operations brigade back to the Mawushan Military Division and bring the Songshan Guerrilla Special Detachment and Zhang Dabiao. All the horses of Sun Desheng's three regiments and the cavalry brigade were handed over to the underground party outside the pass.
The sudden change made everyone a little confused. Xu Dalong was a little surprised at first, but he soon understood the intentions of his superiors. This is a kind of balance, which shows the respect and support of the superiors for the underground party outside the customs.
Xu Dalong didn't say much and quickly handed over the command to Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and others. Then he followed Zhang Dabiao, Wei Dayong, and Sun Desheng, leading the cavalry brigade and special operations brigade into Guanli, and embarked on the road back to the Mawushan Military Division.
Sun Desheng felt very uncomfortable. They came on horses, but when they left they became infantry. The soldiers were not very happy either. Those war horses have been following them for several years and have developed deep feelings for each other. You can't give up just because you want to. Not to mention how sad it feels in your heart. Many people couldn't help but shed tears when they parted with their beloved war horses.
Seeing the depressed mood of the soldiers, Xu Dalong could only comfort them and said that after returning to the Mahushan Military Division, he would definitely find a way to get a large number of horses and restore the original cavalry brigade.
What he didn't tell these soldiers was that the superiors originally wanted to keep the entire cavalry brigade outside the pass. It was Xu Dalong's struggle that made the superiors agree to let them keep only the horses.
After a long march, Xu Dalong, Zhang Dabiao and others finally returned to the Mawushan base area. As soon as he arrived home, he received a telegram from the commander, asking Xu Dalong to report to the military region headquarters.
Xu Dalong had no choice but to immediately take a transport plane and fly to the Taihang Mountain base.
After arriving at the military region headquarters, Commander Sir and the Chief of Staff listened to Xu Dalong's report, fully affirmed his contribution outside the customs, and explained the reasons for transferring him back.
The reason is complicated, but Xu Dalong said he can understand it. Whether it is the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, or the guerrillas outside the Pass, they are all underground party teams. They are just a brick, and they can be moved wherever they are needed.
Officer Sling appreciated his attitude very much and said he would give him a month's leave.
When Xu Dalong said goodbye and left, Commander Si Ling saw him off personally and also gave him a handwritten handwriting: "Peace will reach far."
Xu Dalong took a transport plane and flew back to the Mawushan base. As soon as he got off the plane, he saw Lin Xueying, who had been separated for a long time.
In addition to serving as the director of the confidential office of the military division, Lin Xueying also served as the telecommunications instructor of the special agent school. When Xu Dalong came back, she was giving lectures at the school.
By the time she came back after hearing the news, Xu Dalong had already gone to the Taihang Mountain base area. When she heard that Xu Dalong had returned from the Taihang Mountain base, Lin Xueying couldn't help but miss him for a long time, and hurried to the airport to greet him.
When she saw Xu Dalong walking out of the cabin, Lin Xueying couldn't help but wave to him. Xu Dalong saw his long-separated wife, and a smile appeared on his face.
(End of chapter)
