Yu Chenglong was the first to stand up and express his objections seriously. Winter was about to enter. Yu Chenglong felt that at this time, he should find ways to avoid the enemy's edge instead of taking the initiative to attack.
"I think not only can't we march westward now, but we need to store more food, retreat deeper into the mountains, and wait until this winter before we can develop."
Captain Xiao Dongxue also stood up to express her position. She usually doesn't speak much because she is not the main leader of this team, but she still has to show her attitude at critical moments.
"At present, the troops have just recovered somewhat and their combat effectiveness is not yet strong. Preserving and expanding our strength is still our main task, and this cannot be changed easily.
If we start the western expedition now, I think we are still unable to do what we want, and we should discuss a sound strategy. I suggest that we explain the situation we are facing to our superiors clearly, and it is best to wait until next spring before setting off. "
Chief of General Staff Yang Furen also quickly expressed his opinion. His attitude was very clear, that is, it is not appropriate to go to the West as requested by his superiors at the moment, and the suggestions of Jackie Chan and Xiao Dongxue should be adopted.
"The Provincial Party Committee has issued an order, and we should resolutely implement it. No bargaining is allowed! The question now is which route to choose for the expedition, not a matter of not executing the order."
Xunyang, director of the Political Department, also spoke in an aggressive tone. He felt that the question now was not whether to go to the west, but how to implement the decisions of superiors.
"We have suffered so much from the Japanese in the past two years, but the strategy is wrong. We only want to confront the Japanese head-on without using flexible tactics. Even a fool like me can see that fighting head-on will not work. We must preserve our strength!"
Captain Hai Qing also stood up at this time, and his tone of voice was buzzing. This upright man rarely spoke, and he really couldn't hold it in today.
"It seems that everyone's opinions on the strategy of the Western Expedition are still not unified, which is normal. The proactive strategy has indeed caused us to suffer a lot, and we should learn lessons from the strategy.
Now the little devils have intensified their crusade, which has added a lot of difficulties to our western expedition. What's more important is that we haven't established a new secret camp yet. If we make a mistake, we won't be able to stay there when we come back.
However, the provincial party committee's Western Expedition strategy is to crush the Japanese's crusade plan and gain greater living space for the Anti-Japanese Alliance. It should be said that this decision is correct, and we should also implement it creatively.
My opinion is that the troops can move westward in the mountains without leaving the mountains, and then attack when they reach the designated position, mainly to snatch the enemy's supplies, and then go into the mountains to build secret camps to escape the severe cold winter. "
Commander Fang Tianzhu also expressed his attitude. He felt that what everyone said was very reasonable, but the orders from superiors had to be implemented. This was a matter of principle and there was no room for sloppiness.
"Just follow Commander Fang's advice. Don't argue. Let's prepare separately. Dismiss the meeting!" General Political Commissar Qin Gang issued the order hastily. He felt that there was no point in continuing the debate. The decision of the superiors must be implemented!
In this way, the troops began the Western Expedition without unified thinking. More than a month later, the troops went out to attack, occupying two relatively large villages in one day and breaking up two large queues.
The next day, they captured Nenyuan Town, wiped out a police team of more than 70 people, and killed seven or eight Japanese. The troops robbed a large amount of food supplies and began to move into the mountains.
On the way to the transfer, the Manbei Corps of the Anti-Japanese War was pursued by a large Japanese army. The troops had to throw away the looted food and other baggage and hurriedly retreated to the mountains.
As soon as they entered the mountain, before the troops had time to rest, the Japs followed them again. The situation was critical, and the Corps had to make a hasty decision to withdraw eastwards.
On the way to the east, although we encountered the Japanese twice and the troops suffered some losses, because the route was relatively familiar and we could march day and night, the Japanese still did not catch up.
At this time, Yu Chenglong suggested that the troops change their retreat route. It is said that many soldiers fell behind along the way, especially some of the newly formed forest police brigade who deserted.
If these people are caught by the Japanese, our retreat route will be exposed. We should always prevent the Japanese from ambushing us in front.
This is not alarmist. There are already signs that the little devils are deliberately driving us away from our route. This should arouse our vigilance.
Commander Fang Tianzhu disagreed with Yu Chenglong's point of view. He said that if that happened, the marching speed would slow down and the Japanese behind would catch up. It would not be easy to get rid of them just now.
Besides, if the Japanese know our retreat route, it will be too late to set up an ambush in front of us. We will be able to return to our original base in two or three days.
Send out the leading team to search and retreat first, nothing will happen. Commander Fang Tianzhu also ordered Yu Chenglong's brigade to stay here to block the Japanese brigade coming to pursue, and try to lead the Japanese elsewhere.
Yu Chenglong did not insist on his opinion anymore. He knew that it was useless to insist anymore. At this time, Commander Fang Tianzhu and General Political Commissar Qin Gang wanted to get rid of the Japs' pursuit as soon as possible and return to the past territory to make plans.
Yu Chenglong just sighed when facing the mountains with withered vegetation and fallen branches and leaves, and was ordered to stay and lead his team of less than a hundred people to prepare to sniper the chasing Japanese team.
The large forces continued to retreat eastward along the same route they came from. In order to maintain contact with the large army, Yu Chenglong sent four soldiers to report and convey news about the large army at any time.
After squatting vigilantly for a night, the soldiers who stayed behind to conduct reconnaissance came back and reported that the Japanese were still at least two days away, and it was not easy to find out our whereabouts in the mountains.
Yu Chenglong thought for a while, asked the team to eat some solid food quickly, and then retreated in the direction of the large army. He wanted to catch up with the large army as soon as possible.
Yu Chenglong was still worried about the safety of the large army and wanted to join the large army as soon as possible. By noon, they still had not caught up with the main force, so Yu Chenglong ordered the team to continue to speed up the march.
At this moment, fierce gunfire suddenly came from the direction of the retreat of the large army. When Yu Chenglong heard it, he became even more anxious and ordered the team to run forward.
After a while, the soldiers sent out for communication came back and reported that the large army was ambushed by the Japanese army in front and was surrounded.
The situation is very critical, and the head of the corps is organizing a team to break out. Yu Chenglong urgently ordered the soldiers to quickly prepare for battle, and then led the team to run for rescue.
"Deputy Commander, give me thirty people to form a death squad to break through the Japanese siege and rescue the large army!"
Captain Wu asked Yu Jackie Chan while running. This Dulongshan brother who was recruited by Yu Chenglong can often step forward at critical moments.
"You lead the team and go there lightly. Depending on the battle situation, you can deal with it flexibly. The purpose is to rescue the large army. Don't be reckless!"
Yu Chenglong immediately approved Wu Tianyu's request. He believed that squadron leader Wu Tianyu could take the lead and fight desperately to open the enemy's encirclement and rescue the besieged large troops.
