Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

Since the troops from Jiutai and Nong'an withdrew, Dehui has become an isolated city!

In Dehui City, Pan Yukun, the commander of the 50th Division of the New First Army, was worried. He only had two regiments under his command, plus the local security team, totaling about 7000 people!

Looking at the current situation, Dehui is already isolated behind enemy lines and is surrounded by Communist troops. Pan Yukun's first thought is naturally to run away, but his boss Sun Liren disagrees!

After all, Sun Liren was a famous general in the anti-Japanese war. He had fought bloody battles with the Japanese many times and defeated them in Southeast Asia. When the New First Army came to the Northeast, it suffered several setbacks at the hands of the Communist Army. This made him extremely embarrassed. He gave Pan Yukun a death order, "You must hold on for at least three days. I will personally lead the troops to rescue!"

Sun Liren's tough attitude boosted Pan Yukun's morale. He was determined to defend Dehui to the death and wait for reinforcements to arrive!

Meanwhile, the Northeast Democratic Alliance was also intensively planning a major battle against Dehui.

Donglatun, on a small earthen slope on the west side,

There were more than a dozen soldiers standing there.

Guo Qiang held up the telescope and looked at the road to the south with some disinterest. As expected, the combat mission of their entire division this time was to attack the reinforcements!

Moreover, the Northeast Plain is flat and has no strategic location to defend. Although it is almost March now, the soil in the Northeast is still frozen hard and there is no way to dig fortifications!

At the combat meeting, the division commander planned to rely on several small villages in the Wangjia Oil Mill area south of Dehui to block the enemy troops coming to rescue from Changchun!

Guo Qiang’s 54th Regiment was responsible for Donglatun, the southernmost part!

The reason why Guo Qiang was in a bad mood was that he estimated that the enemy would not be able to come to reinforce, and their regiment would still have no meat to eat. Not only did he think so, but the entire column also thought so!

The enemy had voluntarily given up Jiutai and Nong'an, and the total strength of the 6th Column and an independent division exceeded 1. Would they still defend an isolated city? Unless their heads were squeezed by the door!

Therefore, the 18th Division is probably just a decoration here to block reinforcements!

Donglatun is a large village with about a hundred households. About a hundred meters to the east of the village is the Changchun-Dehui highway.

After Guo Qiang led his troops to arrive, he immediately sent out a guard post to the south! Although the temperature has risen a lot compared to the coldest days of winter, it is still around minus ten degrees.

Looking into the fields, it is still all white!

Ji Yuan, along with several comrades from the regiment's logistics department, began to visit the villagers door to door, mobilizing them to relocate temporarily, and gave each family 1000 Northeastern currency as compensation!

After all, war is no joke. It's often bombarded by large-caliber artillery! Hiding in the house is useless! So every time there is a war, the people must move away first!

At dinner time in the evening, the regiment's kitchen staff cooked a large pot of Chinese cabbage and took out a few cans of luncheon meat and mixed them with the Chinese cabbage.

Guo Qiang, Ji Yuan and Lin Tao, holding steamed buns made of whole grains in their hands, were eating with gusto around the iron pot on the coal stove.

Except for Mulan Special District which planted a large amount of rice and flour last year, in other parts of Northeast China, due to the lack of grain varieties, the proportion of coarse grains still occupies an absolute advantage.

Guo Qiang also began to relax. There were plenty of opportunities in the war. He talked and laughed with Ji Yuan while eating.

Only Lin Tao felt something was wrong. He just said,

"This afternoon the main force of the column began to attack Dehui, but there has been no report on the battle situation so far. Did something unexpected happen?"

"Hey, why do you care about that? It has nothing to do with us anyway!" Guo Qiang ate luncheon meat with big mouthfuls, looking as if it had nothing to do with him.

There was a knock on the door, interrupting their conversation.

"Captain, someone is looking for you!" The voice of Xiao Wang, the regiment's guard, rang out!

"Let him in?" Guo Qiang was a little surprised.

The door opened, revealing a strange face wearing a cotton-padded military uniform. He saluted Guo Qiang.

"Report to the regiment commander, I am sending two truckloads of supplies to you on the orders of our logistics department chief Li!"

He held a list in his hand.

Guo Qiang stood up excitedly.

"I told you, the old company commander is the best!"

It turned out that a few days ago, after the Chengzi Street battle ended, the depressed Guo Qiang sent a telegram to Yin Xinjun, expressing a few complaints!

Yin Xinjun called back and asked him to wait patiently for the opportunity, and said that next time when supplies were delivered, he would give him two separate truckloads of private goods!

Today, the Mulan Arsenal happened to deliver a batch of ammunition to the front line, and the contraband was also delivered along with it!

The list says,

100 Panzerfaust 30-type bazookas!

44 STG200 automatic rifles!

5 rounds of rifle ammunition!

The three of them passed the list around and looked at it, grinning from ear to ear with delight.

This automatic rifle is a good thing. Other troops in the column have already started to equip themselves with a small amount, but their regiment has only been allocated 20 automatic rifles! Who made them not the main force?

Now, every squad can be equipped with automatic rifles, greatly enhancing firepower!

Another soldier rushed in with an anxious look on his face.

"Captain, the division headquarters called and asked you to go to Wang's Oil Mill for a meeting!"

Mulan City Government,

Director Chen from the headquarters pointed to a young man next to him and introduced him.

"Commander Yin, this is Comrade Wang Peng, who just arrived in Northeast China. He is a top student at Tsinghua University and the person in charge of our Yan'an Yanchang Oilfield! He is also the chief of the Petroleum Section of the Military Commission's Logistics Department!"

Yin Xinjun almost vomited his lunch. What was going on? When did Yan'an have an oil field? Why hadn't I heard of it?

The young man in front of me looked to be less than 30 years old, with a pair of exquisite glasses on his nose. The eyes behind the lenses were deep and wise, as if they contained endless knowledge and thoughts. Through the glasses, I could see the firm light in his eyes, which was the vision and confidence for the future.

Director Chen looked at Yin Xinjun's astonished expression and laughed.

"Speaking of oil, Section Chief Wang is the best in China. He discovered the only oil field in the country, and he is in charge of everything from drilling to oil extraction and smelting! I'm not bragging, but all the domestic oil experts have been brought to the Northeast by Section Chief Wang!"

Wang Peng smiled slightly and stretched out his hand.

"Commander Yin, Director Chen said you saw that the Japanese in the Anda region of Northeast China determined that there should be oil? Can you tell me more about it?"

Yin Xinjun's brain suddenly crashed, but he still talked nonsense, insisting that the Japanese had carried out large-scale mining in Datong Town, Anda! There must be oil there!

Wang Peng listened to Yin Xinjun patiently and continued,

"Unfortunately, I came from Yan'an and couldn't bring the drilling equipment. It's mainly because it's too heavy!"

Yin Xinjun said excitedly,

"It's okay, I can make it for you!"

The two sides chatted until dark in the evening, and Yin Xinjun agreed to provide all the funds, various materials, equipment, etc. needed for this oil exploration!