The meeting of the Ninth Detachment was held as scheduled. On the morning of the next day, all the squadron leaders scattered in various places gathered at the detachment headquarters. Because the Japanese and puppets have been busy dealing with sabotage activities on the railway during this period, the defense areas of each squadron are currently relatively calm. Judging from the relaxed facial expressions of everyone, these people are currently living a good life.
The meeting was held in a relaxed atmosphere. Because it was a meeting to protect the autumn harvest, it would naturally cause some fighting. Therefore, Chief of Staff Liu Changda was presiding over the meeting today.
In order to keep abreast of the dynamics of the troops, the squadron below has situation reports every week. In addition, Liang Xixian's people and the reconnaissance team will have some sources of intelligence about the troops below every three days. Therefore, the Ninth Detachment Headquarters is responsible for the following. The situation in the army is relatively clear.
At the beginning of the meeting, Liu Changda took out a few pieces of paper and introduced some of the current situation of the army. Due to the recent activity of the railway sabotage team, the enemy has transferred a large amount of manpower and material resources to the railway line, so the current enemy situation of the ninth detachment is not serious. In the recent period, except for the occasional small-scale exchanges of fire between the Ninth Detachment and the Japanese and puppet troops, for most of the time, the two armies just faced each other and the situation was relatively calm.
During this short period of calm, the ninth detachment took the time to train the troops. The strong men sent from the rear some time ago have already gained some combat effectiveness after this period of emergency training.
Li Qinglin pays close attention to the training of soldiers. He has experienced many battles and knows better than anyone else that only well-trained and experienced soldiers can form a strong force. With such a strong force, we can ensure that Only the security of the guerrilla zone can ensure the safety of everyone's lives.
However, Li Qinglin also began to discover a very serious problem during training, that is, it is difficult to improve the quality of soldiers after training to a certain level. Regarding this situation, Li Qinglin also conducted some investigations in private and made a summary. He found that after his soldiers mastered some military knowledge, they were no longer willing to train voluntarily. Soldiers generally believe that being a soldier is just for making a living. They feel that they have mastered the skills to save their lives after undergoing basic training. As for improving their skills to protect their homeland and the country, they do not have the spirit to devote themselves to the country and the nation. kind of conscious.
In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers, Li Qinglin also thought of many ways, such as trying to let the soldiers learn as much cultural knowledge as possible, and even let Liang Xixian's people go to the army to preach some principles of sacrifice in the war of resistance. In the end, Li Qinglin even acquiesced to the actions of junior officers. He used corporal punishment such as beating and scolding to force training, but in the end, Li Qinglin sadly discovered that all these methods of his had proved to be a failure.
The reason is that these soldiers have gradually understood some truths since they were captured. The series of events that happened to them are more convincing than the propaganda. That is, everything else is unreliable. At the most critical moment, only you can Only then can you protect yourself. As for the truths Liang Xixian and his group tried their best to preach, they were all called lies by the soldiers.
Liu Changda finished talking about the current situation of his army, and then began to talk about the overall situation of the national war of resistance.
The all-out war of resistance has entered its third year. In order to end the fighting on the Chinese battlefield as soon as possible, the Japanese troops on the front line are doing their best to press forward step by step. The Nationalist Government has long moved the capital to Chongqing. Although all battlefields are resisting vigorously, the troops are retreating steadily. The area of ??the Kuomintang-controlled areas was greatly reduced, and the prosperous areas along the coast and in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were all in the hands of the enemy. The Nationalist Government not only encountered military setbacks, but also suffered huge losses in its important industrial production. The economy also began to be stretched and fell into difficulties.
As for politics, the departure of Wang Jingwei in December last year and the public release of so-called pornographic videos about saving the country through peace, coupled with the disadvantage of the national army on the battlefield, have caused some pro-Japanese and wavering elements within the Kuomintang to become alienated and have different ideas. . Some of them openly preached in the rear that the war of resistance would be defeated. These remarks severely damaged the confidence of the military and civilians in the rear and caused great trouble to the National Government; some others simply defected to the Japanese one after another. These people Forgetting their ancestors and working as collaborators, they have become real traitors.
"According to reliable intelligence, Wang Ni has signed the traitorous "Chongguangtang Agreement" with the Japanese, and they will openly cooperate with the Japanese. According to relevant intelligence, Wang Ni Jingwei is likely to use 'return the capital to Nanjing' in the near future In the name of establishing a puppet regime, we will encounter new opponents in the war of resistance." Wang Jingwei was once a veteran of the Kuomintang and a self-proclaimed disciple of Sun Yat-sen. Wang Jingwei's open surrender to the enemy was indeed the most serious blow to the Chinese people. In order to express Liu Changda said with an emphasis on his own anger.
Liu Changda didn¡¯t have many words to introduce the current situation in the country, but everyone still heard some urgency in his words. Under this series of bad news, the meeting beganThe relaxed atmosphere was gone. Everyone kept their heads down and kept silent. Some officers who were smoking took out the cigarettes in their hands to let out steam. After a burst of violent puffs of smoke, the conference room was filled with smoke and the smell was choking.
Seeing that everyone was in a low mood, Li Qinglin said: "Brothers, since ancient times, there have been loyal ministers who sacrificed their lives to serve the country, so there must have been rebellious ministers and traitors who betrayed the country and sought glory. Don't look at how these rebellious ministers and traitors are dancing happily at the moment. Wait until our country recovers. , when our army arrives, these traitors will be punished in the most severe way. As for when to settle the accounts with these traitors, it depends on everyone here. As long as everyone can show the words: "not afraid of death, don't want money, love the country, With the spirit of "loving the people", the final victory will be ours, China, and the time for this victory will be greatly advanced."
Xiao Liuzi smashed the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and said angrily: "These traitorous guys who seek glory, I don't know if all their books have been read into the dog's belly."
What Xiao Liuzi said is true. Today's big traitors can be said to be well-educated people, and some of them have very deep academic backgrounds. For example, in the puppet North China regime, there was a big traitor named Zhang Renli. He was the son of Zhang Zhidong, a Manchu official. He had defected to the Japanese since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War and served as the director of the Civil Affairs Department of the puppet Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government. He currently serves as the puppet leader. Mayor of Wuhan Special City. Zhang Renli relied on the reputation of his father Zhang Zhidong to help the Japanese army stabilize people's hearts and restore the economy in Wuhan, and became a determined traitor.
Liang Xixian had a sullen face, gritted his teeth and whispered: "People who are educated may not necessarily be sensible, and people who are not educated may not have integrity. We should be merciless in dealing with these traitors. The only way to deal with them is to kill them all."
Li Qinglin nodded and said: "To deal with the scum, we can only use extreme measures. I think Han Jizhong will be responsible for dealing with the traitors, and the specific actions will be handled by the reconnaissance team."
Han Jizhong immediately stood up and said: "It is our reconnaissance team who will be specifically responsible for eliminating traitors."
Li Qinglin pressed his palms on Han Jizhong, and Han Jizhong sat down. Li Qinglin saw that the topic had shifted to eliminating traitors, so he smiled and said: "Dealing with traitors is just a regular task, and our main topic today is not this. Chief of Staff, you should continue to host the memories."
Liu Changda picked up the paper in his hand and began to read out to everyone the most important topic today, which was the issue of food protection in autumn.
The members of the social group of the Political Training Department chaired by Pan Kewei, Yan Boling, and Liang Xixian and the military reconnaissance team headed by Han Jizhong worked very effectively. Liu Changda produced complete enemy information this time, and some of the information was even confidential information of the Japanese.
Because we have obtained a lot of information about the Japanese and puppets, one of them is the enemy and puppets¡¯ recent investigation report on various situations in the region. This report recorded in great detail the population and administrative divisions, industries, public security conditions, reconstruction of county and rural political power, and activities of the anti-Japanese forces in the region. At the end of the report, it also specifically proposed measures to deal with the anti-Japanese forces and strengthen colonialism. method of governance.
This information is extremely detailed and precious. It is a confidential document classified by the enemy and puppets. It is conceivable that people lurking behind enemy lines must have worked hard and risked their lives to obtain this information.
In order to protect personnel behind enemy lines, Li Qinglin repeatedly said hello not to expose the source of this document. Of course, all the contents of this document will not be conveyed to the lower-level officers, so Liu Changda only selected some important situations to convey to the lower-level officers, the focus of which is the second phase of "Public Security Strengthening" and "Operation Suppression" recently launched by the enemy and puppets. Reasons, methods and countermeasures for the activity.
In this secret report, the Japanese and puppets pointed out that although the occupied areas had been "painstakingly restored, there are still many people in exile. The permanent population of major, medium and small cities has dropped sharply, rural landlords and rich peasants have fled in large numbers, and there is a depression as far as the eye can see." According to statistics from the headquarters personnel, this year¡¯s fiscal revenue is only 56% compared to the fiscal revenue before the China Incident.¡± Therefore, ¡°the front army mobilized a large amount of money, rice and noodles to maintain the continuation of rural power.¡±
Regarding the military aspect, the Japanese and puppets pointed out that "the Chongqing Army's activities in front of them are not active at present. In addition to some atrocities committed by railway saboteurs, the morale of the Fifth Army of the largest local force such as Sun Dianying is very low. It goes without saying that the morale of the Chongqing Army is low, but Nor can we think that they will soon lose their will to fight."
Regarding the Eighth Route Army, this report focuses on the analysis. They believe that "the Communist forces have penetrated extremely quickly. In the past, they aimed to disrupt our army's rear, consume combat power, and contain our army's actions. Now the Communist army has organized and infiltrated into the people." In the meantime, its development momentum is unstoppable" and there is a tendency that "the scale of activities will gradually become larger and the number of operations will become more active." Therefore, "from now on, we will pay attention to it as the primary enemy of the Imperial Army, and at the appropriate time Sweep them away in one fell swoop.¡±
Liu Changda paused for a while after reading this long paragraph, maybeHis mouth was dry, he put down the manuscript, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. Everyone had been listening attentively to him reading the manuscript just now, but now they finally had a break. Everyone whispered about the future military action goals of the Japanese and puppet troops.
"Cough cough cough", Liu Changda coughed a few times after moistening his throat, and continued to read the manuscript in his hand.
Liu Changda held the manuscript in his hand and read aloud: "In view of the reality of the security situation in this area, the front army has made up its mind and ordered the headquarters to dispatch powerful troops to carry out serious operations and completely eliminate all anti-Japanese forces in the area. In order to achieve this operation The purpose is that our army will learn from the experience of mopping up operations in Manchuria and adopt new combat methods to wipe out the anti-Japanese forces in one fell swoop."
"Manchuria mopping up combat experience, what is this?"
This time it was Zhang Ergou who asked the question, but it could be seen from everyone's puzzled looks that these officers knew nothing about the Japanese's so-called "experience in mopping up operations in Manchuria." .