After Yu Chenglong and his brothers rested in this shack for another night, he led his brothers to support each other and walked towards the new secret camp. After another five days of arduous trekking, we finally met up with the large army at the New Secret Camp.
Yu Chenglong went to the headquarters to report the situation in the past twenty days to General Political Commissar Qin Gang, Commander-in-Chief Fang Tianzhu, and Chief of General Staff Yang Furen, but he was not so evil.
It just means that the Japanese army was basically exhausted. They froze to death and suffered numerous frostbites in the "Big Smoke Pagou". The Japs completely withdrew from the mountain. It is estimated that they will never dare to pursue again this winter.
After reporting the situation, Yu Chenglong immediately returned to his residence and slept for three days and nights. During this period, the brothers who came back with him were also focused on resting and healing, hoping to recover quickly.
Some of the soldiers who worked with Yu Chenglong to contain the Japanese soldiers lost their toes and fingers from the cold, and most of them later lost a layer of skin on their hands, feet, ears, and faces.
Fortunately, Deputy Captain Zhang Daoxian also recovered. In addition to losing a layer of skin on his hands, feet, and face, half of his ears were frozen off.
No wonder some people later called him the One-Eared Immortal, saying that he could hear sounds several miles away. However, after this catastrophe, Zhang Daoxian did have special powers. His ears were particularly sensitive and he could indeed hear sounds that others could not hear.
This miraculous battle example created by Yu Chenglong dealt a heavy psychological blow to the Japanese. They tried their best to block the news, fearing that it would bring shame to the imperial army if the people knew about it.
However, the reputation of the "Dragon Crossing the River" was widely spread throughout Manchuria. The common people made him a god, and some people even said that he was the Emperor Ziweixing who came to the world.
Yu Chenglong became famous again, but the losses suffered by the Anti-Alliance Manbei Corps were real. Its combat effectiveness was greatly weakened, and it did not recover this winter.
During the long winter, the Anti-Alliance Manbei Corps never conducted major military operations again. Just when it was time to celebrate the New Year, they took advantage of the Japanese's lax defense and sent some people to develop underground organizations, but the effect was not obvious.
One reason is that the enemy's blockade is too tight and it is difficult to contact the masses. Another reason is that most of the people have been deceived and their consciousness has not yet been aroused.
The little devils seized on the people's resentment of the beards for their misbehavior and spread propaganda that the Anti-League was the beards and bandits, thereby deceiving the people and preventing them from contacting the Anti-League.
Spring arrived in a blink of an eye, and Yu Chenglong took people to Dayan Paogou to look for the bodies of his brothers who had frozen to death in the winter, and then found a suitable place to bury them.
It is said that the corpses of Japanese soldiers who were frozen to death were dragged back at that time, and many people froze to death. However, there were still many corpses of Jing'an soldiers in the ditch that had not been transported back, and were thrown there in a mess. It can be seen that at that time The tragic situation.
Throughout the summer, the Manbei Corps actively went out to fight, harassing and attacking the enemy. By the time of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, although the Manbei Corps had not achieved great development, it still maintained a combat team of nearly 600 people.
During this period, in order to consolidate the rear, the Japanese continued to increase the number of the Kwantung Army, and the anti-Japanese forces intensified their crusade. The resistance alliances in various places were squeezed and divided, and living conditions became more difficult.
By the end of the year, the Japs were even more frantic in their crusade, and the Manbei Corps was in an even more difficult situation. The secret camp on the mountain was almost completely lost, and food and medicine were almost completely cut off.
A long winter consisted of wandering around in the mountains with the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops. Whenever possible, I would go out to fish and get some food, and then run back to the mountains to hide.
By the spring of the next year, there were only more than 200 people left in the Manbei Corps, and most of them died of hunger and cold. Yu Chenglong's brigade is the most complete, but only about 70 people are left.
Under such circumstances, disagreements arose within the Anti-Union Manbei Corps on how to develop. At the five-person group military meeting, Deputy Commander Yu Chenglong frowned and put forward his suggestions.
"Based on the current situation, the team should be broken up into parts and moved from the ground to the underground. Let the local brothers go home to mobilize some people with lofty ideals who are willing to resist Japan to join our team, and then rise up when the situation improves.
Brothers who are not suitable to go home can stay in the mountains, but they must be well hidden and go out to seize food, weapons and ammunition when the opportunity arises.
We leaders should focus on raising food, ammunition, and expanding our troops. We should no longer blindly look for opportunities to fight the Japanese.
Our guiding ideology should be to think about how to hide, avoid the enemy's edge, preserve strength, strengthen the team, and seek development. We can no longer take the initiative to attack.
It’s really heartbreaking to see our good brothers leave us one after another with no clothes on their bodies and no food to eat! We are not afraid of death, but we cannot make such unnecessary sacrifices. "
Yu Chenglong expressed his views seriously. Of course, his views were somewhat inappropriate. He wanted to develop himself in secret and not go head-to-head with the little devils. This was not the intention of his superiors.
"You are afraid of the enemy and are running away from home. What do we in the Anti-Japanese Alliance do? We are to fight the Japanese! No matter how difficult we encounter, we will fight to the end, even if we die for the country!"
Director Xunyang was the first to stand up and oppose Yu Chenglong's point of view. Since the superiors had clear instructions, it was only natural for the anti-Japanese team to fight to the death against the Japs, and there could be no ambiguity.
"I don't doubt your courage. Even though you are a white-faced scholar, you have the courage to stand up at critical moments. But I doubt that you are a nerd. You can't destroy the Japanese with just a lot of blood.
We in the Anti-League are not afraid of death and dare to fight against the Japanese! But have you ever thought about how many of the 50,000 anti-Japanese coalition forces that have flourished for less than two years are still left? How long can this go on?
Look at our soldiers. Everyone is exhausted and hungry. How many of them died of cold and hunger!
How long can a team that has no place to live, no food, no clothes, no weapons and ammunition, and is exhausted in the ice and snow, be able to deal with the Japanese?
Therefore, the top priority is to solve the problem of food to save life, solve the problem of weapons and equipment to defend against enemies, solve the problem of soldiers to survive, and solve the problem of ideological problems in order to develop.
If we don't solve these problems, there's no point talking about fighting the Japanese! We can't be nerdy no matter what. We can't defeat the little devils with all our blood. We must change our strategy! "
The more Yu Chenglong talked, the more excited he became. He did not have a personal prejudice against Director Xunyang, but felt that the team would be wiped out sooner or later if the fight continued like this, and he must change his strategic thinking.
"Difficulties definitely exist, and we have to find ways to solve them. But we can't disband or run away, so what else is it called the Anti-Union? What's the difference between it and the Beard?"
Director Xunyang also refused to give in. He felt that Yu Chenglong, with his repeated military exploits, was a bit bossy, spoke in a condescending tone, and was critical of his superiors' decisions, so he must correct him.
