Looking at the extremely tired commander-in-chief, Yang Zhen waved his hand and signaled the beautiful secretary and his guard who had been following the commander-in-chief and helped the commander-in-chief back to rest after being exhausted by the deteriorating situation in Xiajiang.

This half year may be the most difficult few days for the commander-in-chief. Since the Second Route Army's Western Expedition to the present, the commander-in-chief has not received any good news. Especially the last hope of the Second Route Army, the news that the Seventh Army suffered major losses has been reported, and the blow to the commander-in-chief is serious. It is probably the limit to be able to support it until now.

Yang Zhen wanted the commander-in-chief to rest, especially the beautiful secretary who was in love with the commander-in-chief, who wanted to relax. He thought that the two of them had just touched the commander-in-chief's body, but were pushed away by the commander-in-chief.

Pushing away the two people who wanted to support him, the commander-in-chief walked to the map flat in front of Yang Zhen, pointed to the map and said, "You go out of the river, there are the equipment you need here. And it is not a few hundred guns, but it is enough to be organized according to the Northern Expedition, at least enough to equip the equipment of a reorganized army."

Looking at the people who were confused after hearing what he said, especially Yang Zhen, who was puzzled, the commander-in-chief finally said with a pale face: "You also know that before the September 18th Incident, some senior figures in the Northeast Army might have foresaw the changes in the situation. In addition to expanding some police armed forces, they also raided some guns and ammunition to establish self-defense groups in various places."

"In addition to the special geographical location of the Northeast, after the October Revolution, the huge number of Belarus retreated to the Northeast, and the large number of weapons and equipment they carried were also lost to the people. Before the incident, all kinds of open and semi-public armed forces among the people, and even private guns in the hands of ordinary people, I estimate that the number of guns in the entire Northeast is at least hundreds of thousands."

"These weapons and ammunition became the main source of weapons for the Anti-Japanese Volunteers in various parts of the Northeast after the incident. When the Anti-Japanese United Army was first established, it was precisely because of the weapons and ammunition collected from the people that they initially formed combat effectiveness."

"In order to cut off the channels for replenishing anti-Japanese weapons, the Japanese confiscated civilian weapons in recent years. Not only South Manchuria and West Manchuria, they confiscated nearly 100,000 guns from Xiajiang alone. Among them, the Italian-made rifles, Water-Lianzhu rifles and Hanyang-made rifles purchased by the original Fengtian Group account for a considerable proportion. The new Liao 13 rifles and the Type 38 rifles imitated by Fengtian Arsenal will not be too many."

"I don't know how much ammunition is, but it shouldn't be too much. After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese occupied all the arsenals in the Northeast, and almost all the weapons lost their source of ammunition. In addition, the collection and use of anti-Japanese armed forces in various places in recent years, so the amount of ammunition will not be too much."

"The weapons confiscated by the Japanese in Xiajiang area are mainly rifles stored here. But the main ones are rifles, with very few light and heavy machine guns. Moreover, I guess most of these weapons have been among the people for so many years, and their condition should not be too ideal. However, these weapons are not ideal but they are in huge numbers. Moreover, there are many water-beaded rifles, which are now standard equipment of the Soviet Red Army. We are backed by the Soviet Union, so the supply of ammunition should still be guaranteed."

Speaking of this, the commander-in-chief said in a heavy tone: "This information is the last piece of information sent from our underground party organization in Mudanjiang before it was destroyed by the Japanese and puppets. This is also the information exchanged for our underground party comrades with blood. Unfortunately, we have never had the strength to seize these weapons for our use."

Yang Zhen looked at the point where the commander-in-chief landed on the map, pondered for a moment, but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Commander-in-chief, do you ask me to fight Mudanjiang? We have only more than a thousand soldiers now. What ability do we have to conquer Mudanjiang?"

"Equipment is the prerequisite for expanding the army. Without equipment, what should I use to arm the new recruits? Besides, these weapons have been used for many years and are mainly used by the people and maintained by the people. If not, they would not be very good."

"Especially those Italian rifles, I have gotten them, and I don't even have a place to get them. What's the difference between them and scrap iron? For these lack of spare parts and even ammunition weapons, I will not risk attacking a city where the Japanese are heavily defended. At least not now."

The commander-in-chief was not unhappy at all when Yang Zhen refused his suggestion. Not only did this batch of weapons not necessarily satisfy the appetite of the rookie, but they went deep into Mudanjiang, where the Japanese hoarded heavy troops to seize them. With his temperament, he might not necessarily take this risk.

So the commander-in-chief was not angry about Yang Zhen's rejection. After being rejected, the commander-in-chief just raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen with a smile and said, "What should you do? I think you will never sprinkle beans into soldiers and turn the forests all over the mountains into weapons and ammunition, right?"

Looking at him, Xiao Yin Yin looked at him, as if he really had the commander-in-chief who turned a waste into a treasure, Yang Zhen smiled with the same faint smile: "I have that ability. I can only take one step first in terms of equipment, and wait until the Xiajiang area is launched before considering it. However, there is still a way to get to the mountain."

Regarding Yang Zhen's answer, the commander-in-chief pointed at him and said, "Little slippery. Since you don't want to say it, I won't ask anymore. I'll see what you have to create equipment."

After seeing off the commander-in-chief who went back to rest first, Yang Zhen turned his head to Li Yanping beside him and said, "When the situation is eased, find an opportunity to handle the marriage between the commander-in-chief and the Secretary Wang. The commander-in-chief should need a woman to take care of. The guards are still men after all, and they are a little rough-minded. It is more suitable for women to take care of people in person."

Regarding Yang Zhen’s idea of ​​marrying the commander-in-chief, Li Yanping smiled and said, “You dare to interfere in this kind of thing. But what you said still makes sense. Just wait until the situation is more stable before you talk about it. Now, with the commander-in-chief’s personality, you must ask for scolding. The most important thing for us now is to help you fulfill your promise.”

After hearing Li Yanping's last sentence, he was a little worried about whether he could fulfill his promise. Yang Zhen, who was staring at the map, did not give any answer, but just smiled unknown.

After deciding how to carry out the next action, the follow-up things went much smoother. The Japanese and puppet troops' eyes were as Yang Zhen estimated, and were dazzled by his false moves. They focused on the north, east, and even the west, but the fewest troops were deployed in the south, which made Yang Zhen's southward movement go smoothly.

Yang Zhen led his troops south to the line of Dashanzuizi, sweeping across Japanese puppet organizations at all levels in northern Dunhua, police stations and group tribes, and once occupied the official areas of important places in northern Dunhua. He destroyed a large number of puppet Manchukuo local organizations.

Just as Yang Zhen occupied the front line of the official territory, the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the entire Dunhua area were panicked. Almost everyone was speculating whether this powerful bandit would take advantage of the situation to occupy the Dunhua County, which seemed to be empty due to the destruction of the Second Battalion of the Eighth Regiment, Yang Zhen suddenly shot and suddenly seized the Harbaling Station, the important place of the Jingtu Railway, to the east.

After an hour of fierce fighting, a brigade of the puppet Manchukuo road protection police was wiped out, and the Jingtu Railway was blown up overnight, interrupting the entire Jingtu Railway.

When Sasaki mobilized more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops south of Dunhua to reach Harbaling Station, he was ambushed by Yang Zhen's pre-set ambush troops west of the station.

After two hours of fierce battle, and with dense firepower, the reinforcements, mainly composed of the puppet Manchukuo Army, Yang Zhen, with his captives and captured equipment, mysteriously disappeared in the Laohei Ridge, the branch of Harbaling, and there was no trace again.

After learning that he had lost Yang Zhen's troops again, Sasaki, who had arrived in Dunhua County to supervise the battle himself, was furious and punched and kicked, and disappeared for a whole day. It was not until Sasaki arrived in Dunhua County that the entire face of Masaki Kitano Takatsu, who ran back from the mountainous area near Guaibagou, had his entire face swollen.

If it weren't for the 8th Regiment Captain Akichi, who was familiar with the background of this magistrate, the fury Sasaki would have directly and neatly slashed the magistrate who was called the shame of the Imperial Army.

A complete infantry brigade, plus some of the puppet Manchukuo army that fought in concert, was defeated by a group of bandits. This was almost a first-class experience for the Kanto Army after the September 18th Incident, but also made people open the passage to leave the mountain and make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace. Why didn’t Sasaki get furious?

Not to mention anything else, the loss on the 30-kilometer Kyoto line, where even the roadbed was blown up, was enough for Sasaki to drink a pot of it in front of the Kanto Army Command and even the Tokyo Base Camp.

The days to be able to be constructed in the North Manchuria area are limited. Unlike the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces who only steal steel rails, this time, the roadbed and bridges on large and small rivers were blown up for more than 30 kilometers in one breath, and the losses were huge. In other words, at least before the construction of the spring was ready, the Jingtu Railway was completely paralyzed.

What made Sasaki even more angry was that these series of things happened the next day after he arrived in Dunhua. In other words, under the nose of his own clearance commander, not only was a railway police brigade completely wiped out, but even the Jingtu Railway, which is crucial to the Kwantung Army, was cut off and was taken for more than 30 kilometers. If he was a little west, he would blow it to Dunhua County.

After receiving an extremely severe reprimanding telegram from the Kanto Army Command, Sasaki, who was cold all over, collapsed on a chair, and could not even find an excuse to defend himself. Such a big thing happened and suffered such a great loss. As the commander of the clearing and as the person who insisted on transferring the Fourth Division to participate in the suppression, I can't resist the blame.

Seeing Sasaki, who was slumped in the office chair and silently said a word, and his face turned pale, Colonel Ainokin next to him couldn't help but feel a headache. After all, the mistake was caused by his own troops. After all, this board would still be hit on him, especially at this critical moment when he was about to climb to the position of major general.

But what Akiki didn't expect was that after receiving the reprimanding telegram from the Kanto Army Command, Sasaki, who had been in a rampage, suddenly calmed down abnormally.

Sasaki stood up and walked to the large map hanging on the wall and was silent for a long time before turning to the adjutant and Akichi and said, "This failure in encirclement and suppression caused the imperial army to suffer the greatest losses since the establishment of the Manchukuo State. As the commander of the clearance, I will apologize. But now for us, the most important thing is how to eliminate this bandit at the fastest speed so that it cannot roam to other places."

Speaking of this, the originally dim expression cheered up again and issued several combat orders to the adjutant beside him: "The orders have entered Ning'an County to participate in the blockade of Zhang Guangcai Ling's eastern line immediately went south to the line of Jiaji River, and carried out a large-scale clearance of the Harbaling area from north to south."

"Order the various units of the Manchu army stationed in Weihe County to load the car and move eastward, get off at Laosongling Station, at the junction of Ning'an and Wangqing, and participate in the clearance of Harbaling from east to west. It has already reached Laobai Mountain, and the remaining troops of the Eighth Regiment upstream of Hailang River immediately move eastward, arrive at Xiaoshanzuizi, and the Yaodianzi line is deployed. At the same time, order the Wangqing garrison and the forest police departments to cooperate with the clearance."

"The departments involved in the suppression should cooperate closely and strengthen their ties. Arrival at each department in advance to temporarily block the front line of Harbaling. After all the departments involved in the suppression should be launched, the departments will be unified. The departments shall adopt the front line to advance, and the interval between each department shall not exceed ten kilometers. I will adopt the tactic of step by step. I will see how he will find the fighter plane. Harbaling is not Zhang Guangcai Ling."

"At the same time, I'm sending a plane stationed in Mudanjiang Airport to conduct close reconnaissance on the Harbaling front line. I also send a plane with night flight capabilities to conduct 24-hour surveillance on the Harbaling area. This time I want to know the exact location of this bandit."

After deploying the latest clearance plan, Sasaki Shiyi turned his head to Colonel Aki Kenichi and said, "Col. Aki Kenichi, this time the suppression is mainly your Eighth Regiment. Remember, this is the last chance I have given you. If your troops are still performing so poorly, you don't have to come back to see me again, just apologize to the Emperor."

Hearing Sasaki Dayi's tone as cold as the sky, Colonel Apricot didn't even bother to wipe the cold sweat from his body, he nodded quickly and said, "Please rest assured that I will supervise the battle in this attack on Harbaling this time. I will never let you down again, let alone the scene in the mountains in the northern Dunhua."

Colonel Ainian's chest was slapped, but it was hard to say whether the progress of the matter would be as he promised. Judging from the slow speed of the follow-up of the Eighth Regiment, which was not much faster than the turtle's climb, he was afraid he promised not even a penny.

No matter how urging Colonel Akino, who personally rushed to the front line of Laobai Mountain to supervise the promotion of the exhibition, no matter how angry Sasaki went to the first lieutenant general, the marching speed of these soldiers in the Eighth Regiment was still not fast and slow. They could not even reach ten kilometers every day. Although the mountain was blocked with heavy snow and the snow was very thick in the mountains, the marching speed was definitely slow enough.

These Osaka soldiers were anxious about the rank of major general, fearing that they would not take the rank of major general, but they were ordered to commit suicide by separatism first. They didn't care about the sabers that Colonel Akane who was wielding his sword all day long. And Sasaki, who personally took the plane to supervise his progress, would drop it down every few hours, and that one was even less concerned about the stern reprimanding letter than the other. No matter how these two people were urging them in heaven or underground, the speed of the march would not be faster.

In fact, Sasaki Tochi was too overestimated the battle determination of these Osaka soldiers. When several of them were broken up and fled into the mountains and forests, they actually ran to the West Road and ran to the second scattered team of Japanese troops to depict the battle that they still remembered. All the Japanese soldiers of the Eighth Regiment understood one thing: "These bandits are definitely not soft persimmons. When they touched the stones, it was definitely not the style of the Fourth Division."

Especially after learning that fighting in this snowy environment, a little injury could be fatal, these soldiers made up their minds that it would be better not to participate in such unreasonable battles that meet the private regulations of the Fourth Division.
Chapter completed!