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Wang Chao's troops were very powerful and had obtained a large number of new Japanese weapons and seized many artillery pieces.

When pressing forward head-on, they managed to snatch a piece of territory from the Kwantung Army and pressed into the Tongliao area.

The Cavalry Division fought with mobility in the plains, launched repeated surprise attacks, and stimulated the Kwantung Army's western defense line.

We do not yet have the strength to fight a decisive battle with them, and we need to wait for the right opportunity. The only thing we can do is to continue to encroach and deploy guerrillas to the Heilongjiang and Jilin regions.

The situation in Manchukuo was rather special, with neither a mass base nor strong military support.

Now that the anti-war alliance has been sparked in Fuxin area, Zhou Zhujun is trying to develop it towards Fengtian and even the Kwantung Army's headquarters.

This group of people may not be able to provide direct help, but they are enough to undermine the foundation of the Kwantung Army.

Many cadres of the Suirecha Military Region also boldly broke into the enemy's rear and established more guerrilla forces.

They were mainly distributed on two fronts, the Greater Khingan Range front in the west. This area was sparsely populated and the development of the guerrillas was not smooth.

The other is the Changbai Mountain area in the east, deep into the rural areas in the mountainous areas.

In the encirclement of the Japanese invaders, we managed to squeeze out a piece of active space.

At the same time, they contacted the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces on the northern Sino-Soviet border to discuss the counterattack.

Manchuria was different from other regions. After the Japanese invaders occupied Manchuria in 31, they used puppets of the previous dynasty to control the regime and expelled all those who dared to resist.

Under the control of the Japanese and puppet troops, more bandits emerged.

These people occupied the mountains and became kings. They formed a team and used quick guns to cause trouble in the area.

They robbed the Japanese, the puppet soldiers, the landlords, and the common people. They would definitely rob anything they liked.

Ding Wei wanted to build a base under the feet of the Kwantung Army, and his first choice was the mountainous area which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. But there were many bandits in the mountainous area.

If you want to gain local mass support, the first thing you must do is to suppress bandits.

Since the Republic of China period, this place has been full of bandits. During the period of warlords' civil war, many bandits were recruited by Marshal Zhang.

According to unreliable intelligence, there are hundreds of thousands of bandits active in the land of Baishan and Heishui.

They must be eliminated before we can take control of the mountainous areas and the villages along the mountains, which will be enough to establish a real anti-Japanese base in the Northeast.

No one is more suitable for this matter than Duan Peng, the battalion commander of his own special operations battalion and an expert in special operations.

But using the carefully trained special operations battalion to deal with bandits is a bit of an overkill.

The bandit leader, who neither the Japanese nor Marshal Zhang could do anything to, was nothing in Ding Wei's eyes.

You can choose one as an example, kill the bandits and show them that the Eighth Route Army is not to be trifled with.

This is something that Duan Peng can consider.

The reason why bandits are difficult to eliminate is that they are just rats in the mountains, and rats cannot be killed by a large army.

After the Japanese came, they carried out many rounds of anti-bandit campaigns, and recruited and incorporated those puppet troops that could be recruited as the self-defense force of Manchukuo.

Those who cannot be recruited must be eliminated.

There are many different types of bandits. Some became bandits first and then fought against the Japanese, while others fought against the Japanese first and then became bandits.

Some were deceived by the devils and recruited by them, while others became traitors.

There are hundreds of bandit gangs scattered around the mountains and forests, and it is difficult to tell the real from the fake.

Although bandits are cruel, they generally abide by the so-called code of conduct in the underworld and will never invade the surrounding villages and towns, believing that a rabbit does not eat grass near its own burrow.

When the Japanese army came in large numbers, they were just farmers in the villages and towns, but they suddenly changed and became as obedient as possible and had as many villages as they wanted.

As soon as the main force left, this group blew a whistle, took out their weapons and continued to climb the mountain.

Smashing kilns, kidnapping, righteous acts, revenge, they are just a group of bandits roaring like tigers in the mountains.

To deal with mountain rats, you must use mountain cats.

"Commander, Duan Peng is here."

Ding Wei was still in Zhang Dabiao's headquarters, in Jianping area close to the Japanese front line.

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The special operations battalion made great efforts in Fuxin, killing a group of Japanese pilots and bombing the Japanese airport in Fuxin area, which was a significant contribution.

Ding Wei decided to reorganize the special operations battalion into a special operations brigade, with team leader Duan Peng appointed to a regimental-level position.

New arms such as armored and paratroopers will be added to the special operations brigade, and paratrooper airdrop operations can be considered in the later stage to further enrich the tactics.

For now, Duan Peng still has to make an example of Ding Wei to scare the monkeys.

"Report, Duan Peng from the Special Operations Battalion!"

There were four people in the headquarters: Zhang Dabiao, Zhao Gang, Zhou Weiguo, and Ding Wei. After Duan Peng came in, he looked around and didn't know if there was any special mission.

Zhou Weiguo clearly felt that his disciple was better than his teacher, and Duan Peng was a natural special forces soldier.

On the other hand, he seems to be more suitable to be a staff officer.

In front of everyone was a map of the Kwantung Army. Ding Wei drew a circle in the Changbai Mountain area in the northeast direction.

"This is a perfect location for building a base. There are many mountains and complex terrain, and villages are scattered all over the place. It's not like the Greater Khingan Range, which is deserted and uninhabited."

"Political Commissar Zhao, please tell me what difficulties there are in building a base."

Zhao Gang analyzed the situation.

From his point of view, it is not at the military level, but at the mass base level.

The fundamental reason why both guerrillas and anti-Japanese organizations could not gain a foothold in the Northeast was whether they had the support of the masses.

Things can only be done with the support of local people. If local people do not support us and we fight alone, the end will definitely be failure.

There were two reasons why the Anti-Japanese United Army retreated to the border area.

They absorbed a lot of bandits, that is, bandits with anti-Japanese ideas, which led to the Japanese calling them bandits and the people also regarded them as bandits.

Having lost its mass base and being pursued and blocked by the Kwantung Army, the group collapsed internally.

The Anti-Japanese Allied Forces suffered successive defeats and retreated again and again, eventually retreating to Soviet territory to fight guerrilla warfare.

"Political Commissar Zhao's words are consistent with my thoughts. No matter whether a bandit is good or bad, he is still a bandit. Don't easily consider recruiting him. For the bandits who are extremely vicious and have a good reputation, we must annihilate them and make our Sui-re-cha military region famous."

"Only when you have a reputation can you gain a foothold and stand firm."

Hearing this, Duan Peng probably figured out what was going on. They were planning to have him fight some bandits.

It doesn’t matter. Killing the Japanese is killing, and killing the bandits is also killing.

No matter what the mission, his special forces team will never back down.

"There are tens of thousands of bandits, and it is impossible to kill them all. We must adhere to the means of punishment, appeasement, and reform. The most vicious ones must be killed. Those who can be appeased should be brought to the front line of the war of resistance and provided with opportunities for reform."

"But in the early stages, we still have to focus on extermination. I, Ding Wei, can't stand these things."

Pick a few famous bandit leaders, kill one or two, and destroy their arrogance.

Duan Peng accepted the task and went to prepare for the time being.

This time we are going to fight deep in the mountainous areas. Not only the special forces will go there, but Zhao Gang and a group of young cadres will also be brought along.

We will strive to build an armed force behind enemy lines in the Mudanjiang area.

Zhao Gang was able to use troops from Wucheng, a Japanese anti-war alliance fighter, and it was easier for him to pass through the Kwantung Army's defense zone and enter the mountainous area to fight.

After being reformed and receiving propaganda from the anti-war alliance, these people are determined to participate in the struggle and can be trusted.

The goal is to build an anti-Japanese detachment in Mudanjiang within six months to a year.