On a mountain road less than five kilometers away from Qingsong Ridge, a group of soldiers wearing cotton military uniforms were slowly advancing along the mountain road.
Li Yunlong walked in the middle of the team, couldn't help but tighten the collar of his collar, frowned and sighed: "Damn it, why is it so cold in October..."
Huang Yu walked beside Li Yunlong.
He directly put the towel around his neck as a scarf, lowered by the biting cold wind in the forest, and then answered: "Commander..."
"Where is this going..."
"We have just left the border and entered the Northeast. The further north we go, the colder the weather becomes and the colder wind becomes more biting..."
"I guess it will snow in another month..."
"That's when it was really cold. There was ice and snow everywhere, and a drop of urine could instantly turn it into a popsicle..."
"We must hurry up and hurry up and try to build the secret garrison and the troop barracks before it snows..."
"If we don't build houses that can be used for thermal insulation after it snows, many soldiers will freeze to death."
"The three thousand soldiers we brought are all elite veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Almost every soldier has killed a Japs. It would be a pity if they froze to death in the Northeast instead of dying on the battlefield."
Li Yunlong immediately answered: "Thankfully I brought you here, otherwise I really wouldn't know these things..."
"You have a broader vision than me, and you know more than me. Except for fighting, I will listen to you on everything else..."
On the railway more than a hundred kilometers away from them, an elite division of the Kwantung Army was pedaling quickly, preparing to go south to Pingjin to reinforce the North China Front.
In order to wash away the shame and kill the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, Umezu Umejiro also began to spend a lot of money.
Four main divisions were directly dispatched from the three northeastern provinces to go south to reinforce North China.
Because too many of the Kwantung Army stationed in Liaoning had been withdrawn before, in order to prevent Liaoning from being too empty of troops, Umezu Umejiro only transferred one division from Liaoning this time.
It happened to be the division that was pedaling.
From Jinzhou.
As another important military town in Liaoning, the Kwantung Army arranged for two main divisions to be stationed here.
One of the main divisions is stationed in Jinzhou to ensure the safety of Jinzhou.
Another division was divided to defend Huludao and other places south of Jinzhou.
After Umezu Umejiro transferred a division from Jinzhou, the Kwantung Army defending Jinzhou was directly reduced by half. The garrison in Jinzhou City also dropped sharply from a main division to a main regiment, which was still transferred from Huludao, Linghai and other places.
The remaining three main divisions are all from Heilongjiang and Jilin.
Because it is too far away from the pass, the weather is too bad, the temperature is too low... it will take at least a month for these three main divisions to move south.
It will take two months at the earliest for them to be ready for battle and reserve sufficient combat supplies, weapons and ammunition.
As long as Li Yunlong and Huang Yu don't deliberately seek death, two months will be enough for them to establish a foothold in the Northeast and cause some trouble for the Kwantung Army.
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Qinglong Mountain...
Located on the border between Inner Mongolia and Liaoning, it has steep mountains, a large coverage area, rugged terrain, and is easy to defend but difficult to attack, making it very suitable for guerrilla warfare.
This is the first secret location of the northbound detachment selected by Li Yunlong and Huang Yu.
As soon as it dawned, a ravine deep in the dense forest became lively.
The soldiers held various tools and dug holes along the earth walls on both sides of the ravine.
It's so cold in the Northeast that tents and temporary houses must have stoves burning all day long to prevent people from freezing to death.
The northward detachment obviously does not meet this condition.
This is a secret camp for troops. Once the stove is burned in the station and a large amount of smoke is produced, the chance of exposure of the secret camp will be greatly increased.
When the time comes, the Kwantung Army can send just a few planes over and raze the camp to the ground.
Therefore, it is definitely not feasible for the troops to build camps according to the previous model in North China.
At this time, Huang Yu thought of the little Japs stationed in the deep mountains and old forests on the Sino-Soviet border.
The environment they faced was even worse than that of the northward detachment, and they also had to face Soviet air attacks, but they were stationed for more than ten years.
If they didn't have good ways to keep out the cold, they would have been frozen to death in the deep mountains and forests.
Combined with the records of this period of history in later generations, I immediately thought of digging a hole.
In order to resist the cold, reduce non-combat attrition of the troops, and ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, the Japanese built a large number of military bunkers in the mountains on the Sino-Soviet border.
It can not only store supplies, weapons and ammunition, but also house people and resist the cold.
In the middle of winter, it's snowy and icy outside, but inside the bunker is as warm as the wind, protected from the ravages of wind and snow.
If the bunker is connected to the ground position, the bunker will become a complete military fortress, which can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.
The conditions for the northbound detachment are limited and they cannot build a bunker as good as the Japanese. It is still no problem to build some underground barracks by taking advantage of the mountains.
As long as more logs are used for support inside the bunker, the chance of danger will be minimized.
Huang Yu and Li Yunlong were not involved in the construction of the bunker. They had more important things to do.
If the northbound detachment wants to establish a firm foothold in the northeast, hiding alone will definitely not be enough.
If the army wants to grow stronger and establish a base in the Northeast, the first thing it needs to do is to spread the reputation of the Eighth Route Army and let the surrounding people and the Japanese and puppet troops know that the Eighth Route Army operating in North China has reached Liaoyang.
Only in this way can more local people be attracted to join the Eighth Route Army, and more people can hate the Japanese and support the Eighth Route Army, thereby expanding the influence of the base area and the Eighth Route Army.
But this is easier said than done.
Huang Yu's development direction for the Beishang detachment was to focus on development first, and then make a splash after its strength expanded to a certain level.
Therefore, in the first battle of the Northward Detachment against the Kwantung Army, not only must the target not be exposed, but the target must also be won.
Only by winning the first battle can the military morale of the northbound detachment be stabilized and they have the confidence to continue to establish a base here with them.
The target must not be exposed, but the fight must be won, and the scale of the battle cannot be too small. Faced with these harsh conditions, Li Yunlong always frowned and did not think of a good solution.
In the end, I can only focus on Huang Yu, hoping that he can think of some good ways to break the situation.
With a long sigh, he said the solution in his mind that was not a solution: "Xiao Huang...we are not familiar with each other here, so we can just pick a closer target..."
"The reconnaissance team reported that there are many villages controlled by little Japs outside the mountains. Even if there is no Kwantung Army inside, there are also many Japanese expatriates who have come to reclaim the wasteland."
"Although they are not the Kwantung Army, they are the minions of the Kwantung Army and bully the people more severely than the Kwantung Army. Killing them can also gain the support of the local people."
