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

After beating Wilder,

I haven't rested for two days yet.

Ding Shan received another order.

Commander Liu of the 2nd Column asked him to select an armored infantry battalion and an infantry battalion from the th Division to form a small assault force, which would penetrate to the southeast to support the South Manchurian troops attacking Meihekou.

This summer offensive had two main purposes. In addition to annihilating a large number of enemy forces, the other was to connect the main force of North Manchuria with the 3rd and 4th columns of South Manchuria!

After Ding Shan returned, he immediately began to make arrangements. This time, the armored forces would infiltrate behind enemy lines to fight. After some discussion, the second battalion commander Wu Feng went to carry out this mission!

At this time, the Second Battalion had a total of more than 530 people, 2 Type 9 assault guns, 24 half-track armored vehicles, 36 Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, and trucks!

Last winter, all of their Type 92 infantry guns and Type 75 mountain guns were retired from service and transferred to other Eastern Alliance units.

Moreover, over the past year, Yin Xinjun did not expand the troops on a large scale, but has always been taking the route of elite troops. He believes that the peacetime period is not far away, and the young and middle-aged labor force should be more engaged in national construction!

Just before departure, the troops from the 4th Division also arrived, and Chen Chao's 11th Regiment volunteered to come and cooperate!

Ding Shan saw that Chen Chao's side was full of horse-drawn carriages, so he simply allocated 1 trucks and 10 Japanese armored vehicles from the 8st Battalion!

Today, Li Zengxin, the head of logistics department of Mulan Military Sub-district, brought another batch of supplies to Ding Shan. As long as the troops are fighting outside, Yin Xinjun will arrange for Li Zengxin to deliver supplies every two or three days!

Ding Shan gave half of the supplies to the southbound detachment, which were all canned food, biscuits, cigarettes, candies, and even dozens of boxes of chocolate that other troops couldn't get at all. These things could only be produced in Yin Xinjun's space!

After the southbound detachment completed its preparations, it began its journey!

Dehui County,

On the street, several cadres were posting slogans on the wall, led by a short-haired, capable woman.

The slogan reads,

"Overthrow the Kuomintang reactionaries, defend the rights of the people, and join the army. This is our duty!"

"It is an honor to be a worker in building a new China!"

Next to the slogan, there are two notices.

People passing by stopped and gathered around curiously.

The woman began to speak loudly,

"Fellow villagers, people, Dehui has been liberated. Now we have to build our hometown and defend our homeland. Our people's government hopes that young people will sign up actively. One is to go to Mulan City to work as workers, and the other is to join our people's army!"

There were two notices, one for job openings and one for conscription. More and more people were watching and talking about it.

"The salary for this job is quite attractive, at least 1800 yuan per month plus year-end bonus!"

"What is 1800 yuan? Don't turn around and it will be a piece of waste paper again!"

"Northeast currency, issued by the Communist Party. It also says later that the price of rice in Mulan is 2 yuan per catty!"

"Oh my god, that means 900 kilograms of rice every month? That's too good!"

"Do you have what it takes? An elementary school degree or more than a year of factory work experience!"

There was a sudden rumbling sound on the street.

I saw a jeep driving over with a flag on the back of the jeep. On the flag were a few big words: 1st Assault Group!

There is also a big Tang character on the upper left corner of its windshield!

The woman who posted the notice looked at the flag on the car, her eyes suddenly widened, and she hurried over.

When the jeep came up to them, the woman shouted,

"Yan Tian?"

The jeep squeaked and braked!

"Sister Mei?" An officer jumped out from the passenger seat of the car. It was Tang Yantian who was resting and on standby here!

He also looked at Mei Ping with surprise. Time passed so quickly. It had been more than a year since they last met in Fengtian!

These people who have stayed together in the lava cave for 5 years have an inexplicable sense of intimacy when they meet, as if they are like a family!

"Yantian, how are you and Huimin? Are you married?" Mei Ping was still like an older sister, very concerned about Yantian's personal issues.

"Sister, we are getting married in Mulan. Huimin is going to give birth in October this year!" Tang Yantian said happily.

"Time flies so fast, and I'm already a father! By the way, how's sister Yan Ning doing?"

The two of them chatted about family matters as if no one was around, and they talked on and on for a long time!

At this time, more and more people gathered in front of the announcement. Many enthusiastic young people were inspired and ran to the registration office at the entrance of the county government to sign up.

Mei Ping pointed to the notice and said with a smile,

"The headquarters is paying close attention to you now, and has given our local government two most important tasks. The first is to recruit workers for the Mulan Special District, and the other is to recruit soldiers!"

Tang Yantian said,

"My brother-in-law is so busy at the arsenal that he can't come home every day. There is a huge shortage of workers. There are already hundreds of factories in production in Mulan Special Zone!"

Mei Ping's eyes showed admiration.

"The boss is the boss. He is the best at everything he does. Mulan is being built so well now. If I have a chance, I really want to go and take a look!"

As one of the pioneers of the liberation of Northeast China, Mei Ping now serves as the deputy secretary of the Changchun Municipal Party Committee. Although Changchun has not yet been liberated, the organizational structure has been fully established, and there is no need to hide from place to place like before!

Shenyang, Northeast Security Command,

Looking at the battle map on the wall, Commander Du felt the veins on his forehead throbbing and waves of pain came over him. He couldn't help but close his eyes.

From Shenyang to Changchun, traces of the Communist army were found in many surrounding areas, but he didn't know where the other side's next target would be!

An officer came into the room and handed over another telegram.

Commander Du was so angry that he almost tore up the telegram when he took a look at it. This was a telegram for help from the 60th Division of the 184th Army stationed in the important area of ​​Meihekou.

"Commander Du, the Communist army has successively captured Beishanchengzi, Heishantou, Caoshi, Ganjingzi, Dashitouhe, Xiushuidianzi and other places around Meihekou. Our unit has become an isolated force. Please send troops to support us as soon as possible!"

Chief of Staff Zhao Jiaxiang also looked extremely nervous after reading the telegram.

"Commander, the Communist Army is acting together in North and South Manchuria. According to intelligence, the Communist Army's troops in North Manchuria have expanded rapidly recently. Together with the troops in South Manchuria, there are at least 60 people. We currently only have 7 armies in the Northeast, and with the local troops, there are less than 50 people!

Moreover, our most powerful New First Army has suffered several heavy losses, and now most of them are new recruits. The Communist Army has surpassed us in both quality and quantity! In my opinion, we must ask Nanjing for help, and at least send two armies to the Northeast!"

Commander Du nodded and agreed.

"I'll arrange for Vice Commander Zheng to fly to Nanjing right away!"

Zhao Jiaxiang said again,

"Commander, the Air Force seems to be very timid recently. Since several planes were shot down over Harbin, they have been almost passive and idle. This also needs to be reported to Nanjing!"

The KMT Air Force at this time had two characteristics:

First, busy doing business!

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the National Army made a fortune from "taking over", and the Air Force used airplanes to trade in gold, US dollars and various scarce materials. How could these gifted people have the time to train?

Second, they are afraid of death.

According to the training rules, the accurate bombing altitude should be 3000 feet, but the Kuomintang Air Force usually flies above 6000 feet because they are afraid of being hit by ground anti-aircraft fire! After completing the mission, they still have to transport supplies to make a fortune!

Now that we see that the Communist army has fighter jets, the fear of war is even stronger!

Commander Du sighed heavily, but was speechless!