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    Because of the severe snowstorm, Li Mingrui, who had lost contact with the headquarters for several days, finally regained contact with the headquarters five days ago.  It turned out that their trip was blocked by a snowstorm and delayed for several days.  Afraid that the troops would get lost in the heavy snow that made it difficult to see anyone on the other side, Li Mingrui could only find a cave to rest and wait for the snow to stop before continuing south.

    "I just didn't expect that after the snowfall, the snow in the mountains was too deep, and some routes were no longer passable. I had to find the road again and delayed the trip. Due to the sharp drop in temperature, the radio also had some minor problems.  The hand-cranked generator I carried would not start no matter how hard I tried.  In order to regain the lost time, Li Mingrui could only think of ways to repair and march.

    Fortunately, the operator assigned to him by Guo Bingxun was of good quality, and after several days of hard work, he finally saw some results.  But even so, it was not until five days ago that the hand-operated generator, which had been on strike for several days, finally resumed work and the company regained contact with the headquarters.

    "However, although the hand-cranked generator was barely repaired and could still be used, the radio station didn't know what was wrong, and the signal was intermittent.  Therefore, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun didn't know much about the situation on Li Mingrui's side.  But one thing, the two of them still knew.

    After several days of arduous trekking in waist-deep snow, Li Mingrui had entered Dunhua territory, but he had not been able to find other troops led by Dong Ping and Huang Dali.  Moreover, Li Mingrui reported that he encountered small groups of Japanese and puppet troops several times in the mountains.  After careful observation, these Japanese and puppet troops should be the vanguard troops entering the mountains to prepare for the next move.

    Because there was a slight problem with the radio and the signal was intermittent, Li Mingrui could only report the enemy situation and the search for Huang Dali and Dong Ping within the limited communication time. As for his current situation, he did not say anything about it.  .

    Now the temperature in the mountains has dropped sharply, the snow is up to the waist, and movement is extremely difficult.  Each small team has been operating in the mountains for a long time, and the supplies may have been exhausted.  Letting them continue to persevere in the mountains made Yang Zhen a little worried.

    Hearing Yang Zhen's hesitation, Guo Bingxun thought for a moment and then said: "In this case, we still need to rest for a day or two to make dry food, adjust ammunition, and make final adjustments to the army's organization. We cannot dispatch immediately. As for their situation  , when the time comes to contact them in the evening, communicate with them, ask for their opinions, and then make the final decision."

    Hearing that Yang Zhen was about to lead his troops south to fight in Dunhua, the commander-in-chief raised objections.  In the view of the commander-in-chief, since he has chosen to attack, he might as well choose the target of the attack to be farther away and hit it.  Only in this way can the enemy be better mobilized, and it is also more conducive to protecting the secret camp.

    The commander-in-chief's opinion was obvious. He suggested that Yang Zhen choose the Xiajiang area as the target of the attack, so that he could cooperate with the Seventh Army, the remaining units of the Fourth Army, and the Fifth Army that are currently retreating north, as well as the Second Army troops that may still be active in the Jidong area.  This way we can rely on each other and it will be more convenient for troop activities.

    "And as the Japanese and puppet troops' clearing of the Xiajiang area comes to an end, the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiajiang area are likely to have withdrawn one after another. In this way, the enemy situation in the Xiajiang area will be relatively relieved.  The Xiajiang area is connected to the current location by mountains and rivers. The south can support each other with the troops of the First Army staying in the Jidong area, and the north can get in touch with the troops of the Third Route Army. It can be said that the troops' attack on the Xiajiang area is not a lonely operation.  Moreover, the Xiajiang area was the main area of ??activity for the Second and Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and its mass base was much better.

    In the view of the commander-in-chief, attacking down the river is undoubtedly the best plan under the current situation, whether it is the enemy's situation or our situation.  The most important thing is to jump out of the outer line to fight, which can effectively mobilize the Japanese and puppet troops who are likely to launch a clearing operation against Lao Heidingzi's secret camp in the next step, and protect this base area.

    Regarding the commander-in-chief's suggestion, Yang Zhen thought about it for a while before saying: "Your suggestion makes sense. But commander-in-chief, how long will it take for us to get in touch with the troops of the Third Route Army and the First Army currently operating in the Jidong area?  Can we find them in a short time?"

    | "As for the Seventh Army, Commander-in-Chief, do you think they still have the strength to proactively attack the enemy? For the Seventh Army, what is more needed now is to recuperate and regain strength as soon as possible. The Japanese and puppet troops are attacking the Xiajiang area  Although it has entered the end, the commander-in-chief has entered the end, which does not mean that the Japanese and puppet troops will withdraw from Xijiang in a short time."

    "Indeed, as the main force of the Japanese army in the suppression of Xiajiang, the Eighth Regiment of its Fourth Division has been transferred back, but we don't know how many Japanese and puppet troops there are in the Xiajiang area now. The only thing that is clear at present is that the Japanese army is targeting us  The troops in the Xiajiang area were not used in the clearing campaign. So I think the Japanese army may withdraw the Japanese troops, but the puppet Manchukuo army will not move away, but may even increase their troops."

    "The Xiajiang area is backed by the Soviet Union and is the territory of the Kwantung Army.This will be a key direction in the future war against the Soviet Union.  The Japanese army will definitely focus on fortification here.  It is even possible that we think that the Japanese army will come from the Xiajiang area is our wishful thinking.  We need to attack the Xiajiang area, but we must fight a battle first.  "

    "First, it is to give the enemy the impression that our army has to move because the secret camp has been exposed. Second, it is also to better mobilize the Japanese and puppet forces in the Xiajiang area. Find a way to move the Japanese and puppet forces in the Xiajiang area  The army will attract some of them. It will bring greater convenience to the troops for attacking outside."

    "And the most fundamental thing is that when we attack Xiajiang, we must have a clear goal. Now we are very unfamiliar with the situation in Xiajiang. We have no idea what is going on there now. So in this battle, we must  We have to fight. The Eighth Japanese Regiment has just withdrawn from the Xiajiang area, and it should be very clear about the situation there. As long as we capture the prisoners, I think we should be able to get some useful intelligence."

    Regarding Yang Zhen¡¯s idea of ??obtaining information about the Xiajiang area by interrogating prisoners, not to mention the commander-in-chief, even Guo Bingxun, Li Yanping, Peng Dingjie and others felt absurd.  The commander-in-chief, Li Yanping, and several people with backgrounds in the Anti-Japanese War all knew that it might be relatively easy to capture a Japanese policeman, but it would be even more difficult to capture a Japanese prisoner.

    Especially this fourth division, it is a regular field division of the Japanese army and is known as the first batch of regular army divisions since the establishment of the new army by Emperor Meiji.  His seniority is definitely among the best among the Japanese army.  It is simply impossible to capture prisoners of war in this kind of Japanese army.  At least the Anti-Japanese Alliance has been active in the Northeast for several years, but they can still count the number of prisoners they captured.

    Most of the prisoners captured were Japanese policemen whose fighting will was far less tenacious than those of the Japanese soldiers.  It cannot be said that there were no prisoners of the regular army, but they were almost pitifully few.  And these prisoners, even if they are captured, their mouths are difficult to pry open.  This is completely different from the captured Japanese and puppet agents.

    Although the commander-in-chief, Li Yanping and several other people with Anti-Japanese backgrounds felt that Yang Zhen's idea was a bit absurd, they looked at the confident Yang Zhen and did not open his mouth to ask.  But Guo Bingxun said directly: "Captain, you want to capture Japanese prisoners to obtain intelligence. This is an idea in theory. But it will be difficult in practice."

    "Since the July 7th Incident of last year when the Sino-Japanese all-out war broke out, the war had been going on for nearly a year when we were captured. However, the Japanese soldiers' tenacity and tenacity are rare in other countries. Even for the German army, which has always been determined  It is far worse than that. Under unfavorable circumstances, there are few people who would rather commit suicide than be willing to be captured. The national army has millions of troops and has fought several major battles, but has captured very few prisoners. Moreover,  These prisoners of war are extremely difficult to tame, and it is difficult to extract useful confessions from them.¡±

    "During the Battle of Xuzhou, I heard Pao Ze, a Sichuan Army man who fought with the 18th Army in World War II, mentioned that your 18th Army paid a high price for capturing a few prisoners during the Battle of Pingxingguan. We  We cannot allow tragedy to happen to our troops, and let the troops pay sacrifices in vain for a few prisoners who refuse to speak."

    Regarding the worries of several people, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "If we talk about dealing with other Japanese troops, I really don't have the confidence. But facing the troops of the Fourth Division, as long as we fight smoothly, I want to get a few  There is no problem with being a Japanese prisoner. And I guarantee that as long as we can capture the prisoners, they will definitely be able to speak."

    Where did Yang Zhen¡¯s confidence that he could definitely catch prisoners come from, although several people were not sure.  But since he insisted on obtaining information from Japanese prisoners, it was hard for others to say anything.  After all, the war hasn't started yet, so anything is possible.  When the time comes, it depends on the situation and you can find a way to persuade him.

    What a few people never expected was that during the battles south to Dunhua, Yang Zhen's promise to capture prisoners was not only fulfilled, but he also made a lot of mistakes.  And what surprised a few people was that these were hardly like the tough Japanese soldiers they remembered. They only received a few whips and then said something.

    His backbone is so low that he is far inferior to those of the Puppet Manchukuo military and police.  Of course, this is all for later. For several people, since Yang Zhen cannot be persuaded, the most important thing now is to figure out how to win this battle.

    Just as Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun were adjusting their troops and making final preparations for the southward attack on Dunhua, the Seventh Army personnel were brought by traffic officers sent to liaise with the commander-in-chief from the Seventh Army that had withdrawn north to the Tongjiang and Fujin areas.  It brought bad news to the commander-in-chief.  This bad news almost crushed the commander-in-chief.

    Although they retreated north to the Fujin and Tongjiang areas to avoid the Japanese army, the difficulties faced by the Seventh Army retreating north have not been fundamentally alleviated.  Although the Seventh Army relied on favorable intelligence support and concentrated a small group of troops to kill a Japanese major general on the Ussuri River, it also suffered almost crazy revenge from the Japanese and puppet troops.

      Since the beginning of winter, the Seventh Army has suffered extremely heavy losses under the tight blockade and encirclement of the Japanese army.  Not only were all the secret camps lost under the encirclement and suppression by the Japanese and puppet troops, but most of them themselves were also lost.  The northern Manchuria region has entered a severe cold, but the Seventh Army has never been able to raise enough cotton-padded clothes, and the troops can hardly survive the winter.

    Under the severe situation, in order to raise cotton-padded clothes and winter supplies for the soldiers, the acting commander of the Seventh Army, who had just taken office less than a month ago, could only take the risk of concentrating the main force to fight under the severe enemy situation.  A market town where Japanese and puppet troops gathered heavily.

    For the Seventh Army, which was relatively well-informed, they knew that the Japanese blockade plan had undergone significant changes compared to the beginning of the year.  The Japanese and puppet troops concentrated all supplies into the larger villages and towns where they were heavily stationed, and distributed the supplies on a per-capita basis.  Even if he conquered several tribes, he still couldn't raise enough supplies.

    In order to allow the troops to survive in the seemingly cruel winter near North Manchuria, even if the acting commander knew that it was a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, he could only bite the bullet and break into it.  However, the acting commander could be regarded as a tiger general. He used a bluff to move most of the Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the target, and he personally commanded a main division of the Seventh Army to take advantage of the bluff and conquer the target.

    Although sufficient supplies and materials were collected during this battle, they were overtaken by the Japanese and puppet cavalry on the way back.  In order to protect these supplies to ensure the Seventh Army's winter, the acting commander personally led the two main regiments to break up the rear.

    After half a day of hard fighting, although the supplies were saved, in the end due to the disparity in strength, the entire covering force was destroyed.  The acting commander and most of the soldiers died, and a small number of soldiers were scattered.

    Although these more than 30 scattered soldiers were later reunited under the leadership of a regiment political commissar, they had to go south to find the headquarters of the Second Route Army because their retreat was cut off.

    After an arduous long journey, we found a few remaining troops left behind by the commander-in-chief in a newly built secret camp in the mountainous area southeast of Fangzheng.  At this time, the more than 30 soldiers who went south were extremely difficult to raise supplies due to hunger and cold. When they arrived at Fangzheng, less than half of them had sacrificed a lot due to cold and hunger.

    In order to report the situation of the Seventh Army to the commander-in-chief, because the remaining troops already had insufficient supplies and it was difficult to maintain themselves, it was impossible to provide supplies for the Seventh Army.  The regiment political commissar could only take the last fifteen people left in the main division of the Seventh Army and be escorted south by the traffic officers of the Second Route Army Headquarters to continue looking for the commander-in-chief.

    Because the Japanese and puppet troops had a very strict blockade on the mountainous area in the southwest of Ning'an, and they were not familiar with the terrain, they wandered around the blockade for ten days before learning about a path into the mountains from an old ginseng collector.  In just these few days, four more of the dozen or so soldiers died due to cold and hunger.  By the time they found the commander-in-chief in Yang Zhen, the two most complete main regiments of the Seventh Army had less than ten people left.

    After hearing the report of the political commissar of the regiment, and looking at the less than ten soldiers left in the two regiments of the third division, the main force of the Seventh Army, the commander-in-chief's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.  For the Second Route Army, which had already lost its embers, and when the whereabouts of some of the lost troops of the Fifth Army's Western Expedition were still unknown, the Seventh Army, which had barely maintained its organizational structure, was almost the only hope for the commander-in-chief to continue fighting.

    Although the Seventh Army suffered heavy losses in this year's large-scale clearing of the Xiajiang area by the Japanese and puppet troops, and the strength of the troops has sharply dropped from more than a thousand to more than 200 currently, its overall strength is still the largest among the Second Route Army, and it is also the largest.  The most complete system.

    Although the Seventh Army was downsized into two divisions due to huge troop losses after withdrawing to the Tongjiang and Fujin areas, its strength and backbone still remain.  Especially when the fourth army was completely destroyed, most of the fifth army was lost, one part is missing, and the only third division that stayed in Xiajiang during the Western Expedition was almost completely lost, it became the largest and strongest among the second route army.  of an army.

    But this time, the Seventh Army, which numbered more than 200 people, lost nearly half of its strength in one fell swoop, and its commander was also killed. This time, the Seventh Army's already weak vitality was severely damaged again.  After downsizing, only three of the five regiments remained.  It can even be said that four out of ten are.  These are the casualties that I know about, and the casualties of other troops who acted as a feint, have not been included.  Excluding the casualties of this battle, the commander-in-chief knew very well how useful the remaining 100-odd people of the Seventh Army could be in such a severe situation.

    The commander-in-chief is most worried about where the war situation in the Xiajiang area will go when the Seventh Army has suffered a serious setback and the once strong Second Route Army has very few troops left.  The commander-in-chief is not too worried about the safety of the remaining troops of the Seventh Army.

    Although the commander of the Seventh Army was killed in action, his Yunnan Jiangwu Hall classmate who was also the secretary of the Seventh Army Party Special Committee and the chief of staff of the founder of the Seventh Army was still there.  As long as he is here, there shouldn't be any big problems with the remaining troops of the Seventh Army.  But for the commander-in-chief, the future future of the Seventh Army is something he urgently needs to face.
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