General Political Commissar Qin Gang spoke first with an impassioned expression on his face. After he finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding and warmly welcomed Commander Yang's speech.
"Our victory in Mihara has opened up a new chapter since the team was founded. It can be said that it is of great strategic significance and deserves great celebration!
In this battle, we killed 230 enemies and injured countless others. We wiped out more than 30 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 garrison troops in Sanyuan County, and captured a large amount of the enemy's strategic materials.
We captured the county seat for four hours and then voluntarily withdrew. The blocking war on both fronts was also fought very well, successfully blocking the attacks of more than 400 Japanese and Manchurian troops, and accumulating successful experience in blocking fighting.
According to the instructions from our superiors to "take advantage of the victory to attack and expand the results; consolidate the base and strengthen the team", we must continue to adopt flexible and changeable tactics on the basis of this victory to attack the enemy.
At present, each brigade must focus on the construction of base areas and establish several solid base areas based on villages to lay a solid foundation for the future fight against the Japanese invaders.
Also, like the Third Brigade, at least two or more secret camps must be built. On the basis of consolidating the base, we will find ways to strengthen our team.
But we must be cautious in this matter. We cannot recruit everyone, but we must guard them carefully to prevent little devils from sending spies into our ranks.
Our victory this time also exposed many shortcomings of our team and caused heavy casualties. This is the experience and lesson we must carefully summarize. The core problem is that the team's combat effectiveness is not strong and its weapons are backward.
Therefore, we must regard improving the team's combat effectiveness as a long-term task and carry it out seriously. There are many experiences and lessons to be summarized, and we will discuss them after the meeting. We will summarize them in detail at the celebration meeting. "
Commander-in-Chief Yang also stood up to speak, but he could see that the Commander-in-Chief had lost a lot of weight after this battle, which made Yu Chenglong feel very distressed.
After the celebration party, the team returned to normal. Focusing on "consolidating the base and strengthening the team," they carried out battles such as snatching supplies, removing strongholds, recruiting soldiers, and attacking the enemy's weak points, which made the Manbei Corps of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces famous.
In autumn, Yu Chenglong led the team out of the mountain again and uprooted the newly built Xinglongtun stronghold again to ensure smooth roads for the team to enter and leave the mountain.
It was precisely because the Manbei Corps attacked from all sides that the Japs became even more angry. Throughout the winter, the Japs intensified their campaign in the mountains, forcing the troops to hide in the mountains and deal with the Japs.
Although there were not many frontal battles, and the Allies did not want to fight head-on with the Japs during this season, many brothers died in battle.
Especially later on, the little devils scattered all the troops of the Manbei Corps and pursued them separately. It was difficult for the team to concentrate and to resist effectively, so they had to fight on their own and run further into the mountains to hide.
It wasn't until after the New Year that the team slowly came together. After reorganizing the team and counting the number of people, many brothers froze to death and starved to death. The Manbei Corps spent a long and difficult winter.
It should be said that this winter was relatively difficult for the Manbei Corps of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Although the basic organization was preserved, the team suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, winter is almost over, and the generals headed by the commander-in-chief are busy gathering the teams that were scattered during the winter. Seeing the tragic situation of the brothers who were gradually gathering together, Yu Chenglong was heartbroken.
What Yu Chenglong couldn't understand the most was that after these brothers who had gone through all kinds of hardships came back, they were still under scrutiny. He didn't know why.
But this was a decision made by General Political Commissar Qin Gang, and Commander Yang certainly agreed. Director Xunyang and others were active executors. They said that the purpose of this was to ensure the safety of the team.
Yu Chenglong was firmly opposed to this. He went to argue with the general political commissar and the commander-in-chief. But the General Political Commissar emphasized that this was for the absolute safety of the entire team and should not be careless.
Commander-in-Chief Yang also sternly stopped Yu Chenglong and ordered him to resolutely implement the decision of the headquarters to prevent people who were bribed by the Japs from sneaking into the team.
Fortunately, only a few members of Jackie Chan's team were dispersed, and Director Xunyang was removed to be responsible for the review of the entire team. His third team did not cause a big disturbance, but it also chilled the brothers.
This winter has been really difficult. Even Yu Chenglong's third team, which has always been good at conserving its strength, has lost one-third of its members, and there are still more than 80 people left.
The other two brigades were reduced by more than half, with only 150 or 60 people in the team. There were seven to eight hundred people in the team last summer, but now there are only four hundred people.
After the spring of this year, as the weather got warmer and the vegetation sprouted, the soldiers' bodies slowly recovered, and the team gradually regained its vitality.
Restoring combat effectiveness and expanding troop numbers are top priorities at the moment. After careful study, the Manbei Corps determined the current strategic policy, which not only intensifies troop training and preparations for war, but also considers the issue of troop expansion.
As soon as the trees in the mountains started to put leaves, Commander-in-Chief Yang ordered all the brigades to go out of the mountains, establish strongholds and expand troops. It is not only to further increase the influence of the Manbei Corps, but also to create opportunities to expand its troops.
Yu Chenglong's brigade followed the commander-in-chief's order and after many proactive attacks, the team not only achieved some results, but also received a good complement of soldiers.
By July and August, the entire team had increased to more than 700 people, and their equipment had also been improved. The number of times the guerrillas went out to fight in the mountains became more frequent.
Just when the Manbei Corps was fighting smoothly and the team was expanding, Yu Chenglong received an order from the department to lead the team to rescue the Jiangdong guerrillas.
"The Jiangdong guerrillas are currently besieged in the Daqingshan area, very close to your brigade. Our superiors ordered us to go in that direction quickly to relieve the Jiangdong guerrillas.
You lead the team to move in that direction first. After clarifying the situation, the large force will follow up and together we will rescue the siege of the Jiangdong guerrillas. "
The commander-in-chief and the general political commissar issued orders to Yu Chenglong's third brigade. Yu Chenglong thought for a moment, decided to implement it, and put forward his own suggestions.
"In this case, I will lead the team there first! If I can succeed, I will lure the Japs into Beishan, and then try to get rid of the Japs' pursuit.
It is recommended that the large army does not need to go. The most important thing now is to find a new secret camp. Now that the Japs have taken control of our area of activity, once the Japs come to encircle and suppress us, we will not be able to escape the fate of the Jiangdong guerrillas. "
However, General Political Commissar Qin Gang did not fully agree with Yu Chenglong's opinion. Commander Yang also had his own ideas. Yu Chenglong was not in a position to argue, so he hurriedly led his team to set off.
In fact, Daqingshan was not too far from Yu Chenglong's camp. After two days of rapid march, the team detected the location of the Jiangdong guerrillas, but the situation was not that critical.
