On this day, the underground party's Chongqing office sent a telegram, saying that the Guofu government had found them and asked Xu Dalong to go to Chongqing again. There were important things that needed him to complete.
It turned out that both the Kuomintang government and the underground party had forged China Reserve Bonds respectively. The economy in the Japanese-occupied areas was in severe recession, and the Japanese puppet authorities also took measures to stop the circulation of a large number of five-yuan and ten-yuan China Reserve Bonds in the market.
, and improvements were made on the original basis, and the counterfeiting by Guofu and the underground party could only be stopped.
In order to obtain the secrets related to the newly printed China Reserve Bonds by the Japanese and puppets, we need to obtain their core secrets. In the past, Xu Dalong was in contact with Zhou Changhai. Now he only recognizes Xu Dalong, so if he wants to obtain the new version of China Reserve Bonds
Xu Dalong still has to kiss the secret of
At the end of the year, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan, and the Pacific War finally broke out.
On the second day after the Pacific War broke out, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang received a notice from the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters and rushed to the Military Region Headquarters to attend a combat meeting.
This morning, a combat meeting was held.
After the commander made a speech, the chief of staff asked the nine military divisions participating in the meeting to report on the strength of their troops.
Among the nine military divisions, Kong Jie's Sixth Military Division and Ding Wei's Seventh Military Division are relatively strong, with 12,000 and 11,000 regular troops respectively. The troops of other military divisions are in the thousands, with the smallest number
The Ninth Army Division has only one regiment and one supplementary regiment, with a total strength of only 5,500 troops.
The Mawushan Military Division is the finale. Everyone knows that the Mawushan Military Division is powerful, but how powerful it is is just a guess.
After seeing each military division reporting its strength, everyone turned their attention to Li Yunlong, Xu Dalong and others.
The chief of staff also asked with great anticipation: "Li Yunlong, tell me, how much wealth does your Mawushan Military Division have?"
When each military division reported its strength just now, Li Yunlong listened and smiled secretly in his heart.
He had been waiting for the chief of staff to ask this question. He said proudly: "Our Mawushan Military Division does not have much wealth. We only have six main regiments of the New First Brigade, five main regiments of the Independent Brigade, and the artillery directly under
regiment, and then there is the guerrilla brigade, which does not have many people, only 63,000 people."
Although everyone knew that the troops in the Mawushan Military Division were powerful, they did not expect that they could be so powerful.
Li Yunlong is just showing off. Your military division has more than 60,000 troops in its main force, and everyone knows that it also has an air force, a tank unit, a cavalry unit, and a famous special operations brigade. How is this?
The strength is directly more than half of the Taiyue Military Region. Just paying back like this is too bullying.
Kong Jie said: "Old Li, don't show off here. Isn't it because Brother Dalong is there in your Mawushan Military Division?"
Li Yunlong said proudly: "So what? Brother Dalong was discovered by our old Li from the cooking class and trained him single-handedly. Brother Dalong is in our Mawushan Military Division. It is our old Li who is lucky. You
Envy has a purpose."
In fact, everyone knows that Xu Dalong played a major role in the development of the Mawushan Military Division. But as Li Yunlong said, Li Yunlong is blessed with this. A figure like Xu Dalong is not just anyone.
All military divisions can get it.
The commander was very happy and called on other military divisions to learn from the Mawushan Military Division, strive to expand the anti-Japanese armed forces, and be fully prepared to meet the new struggle situation.
Next, the chief of staff announced the next phase of the Taiyue Military Region's combat plan, stipulating combat tasks for each military division. Among them, the Mawushan Military Division developed to the northeast, expanded the base area, and moved as close as possible to the Taihang Mountain base area.
After participating in the combat meeting, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, and Zhao Gang returned to the base area and also held a combat meeting to prepare for an attack on the defense area of the Japanese garrison 32nd Division.
With the current strength of the Mawushan Military Division, there is absolutely no problem in eating up the Japanese 32nd Garrison Division and the Huang Xiejun 4th Division. However, Xu Dalong believes that leaving the Japanese 32nd Garrison Division, especially the Huang Xiejun 4th Division, will be a big problem for them.
The future development of the Mawushan Base Area will still be beneficial. With the presence of these two troops, they can serve as a buffer zone between the Mawushan Base Area and other main forces of the Japanese army, greatly reducing the pressure on the Mawushan Base Area.
Therefore, Xu Dalong decided to adopt the method of courtesy first and then attack, and sent a telegram to Yan Guiwu, asking him to inform Qianye Xunyi to voluntarily give up the Lingao City area.
In order to force Chiba Xunyi to make a choice as soon as possible, Li Yunlong led the independent brigade, and the main force of the new brigade slowly advanced towards Lingao City. Sun Desheng's cavalry brigade was also cruising near Lingao City, and the flying brigade also flew over Lingao City many times.
It flew over and dropped several aerial bombs with their fuses removed.
Qianye Xunyi has been operating in Lingao City for many years, and it has become his gentle hometown. Of course, he is unwilling to give up this treasured land.
But he knew that he was no match for Xu Dalong and the others.
When Yan Guiwu said that in addition to the garrison regiment and county brigade, the main force of the Mawushan Military Division had exceeded 60,000 troops, he was so frightened that his calf twisted.
The troops of the Mawushan Military Division were approaching step by step, giving him strong pressure. He knew that if he did not listen to the persuasion, he might soon be annihilated by the troops of the Mawushan Military Division.
Although Qianye Xunyi was reluctant to leave Lingao City, he did not dare to stay any longer and soon led the 32nd garrison division to retreat towards Yucheng.
In order to show his goodwill to Xu Dalong, Qianye Xunyi left behind the arsenal and several logistics warehouses outside Lingao City, which contained a considerable amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies.
Xu Dalong accepted Qianye Xunyi's wishes and indeed did not send troops to attack the Japanese army.
In accordance with Xu Dalong's request, Yan Guiwu also withdrew Huang Xiejun's troops towards Yucheng.
Due to the withdrawal of the Japanese and puppet troops, the base area of the Mawushan Military Division was expanded to eight counties, which provided a foundation of manpower and material resources for the development and growth of the Mawushan Military Division.
With the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army dispatched a large number of main troops south to Southeast Asia, and the size of the Japanese field troops in North China was also much smaller than before.
Although some more garrison troops were mobilized, the overall combat effectiveness was much lower than before, which provided convenient conditions for the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces to expand their anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines.
On this day, Xu Dalong received an order to report to the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters.
This time, Xu Dalong was tasked with leading a capable force to the Luocheng area at the junction of Shanxi and Shandong to open up a new base area and open up transportation links between the underground party anti-Japanese armed forces in Shanxi and Shandong.
Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng, and Wei Monk led 12 cavalry squadrons, two squadrons of the special operations brigade, and Wang Chengzhu led two artillery squadrons to form the eastward detachment of the Taiyue Military Region, which was established at the regiment level to create a new base area.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were very supportive of Xu Dalong and others' expedition. Not only did they allow them to take away the most elite members of the cavalry brigade and special operations brigade, they also brought 200,000 yuan as activity funds.
This time Xu Dalong led people to open up a new anti-Japanese base area. It was too far away from the Mawushan base area, and he didn't know how long it would take to return to the Mawushan Military Division.
Both Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were a little worried that Xu Dalong and others would not return to the Mawushan Military Division in the future, and they were inevitably a little sad.
They held a banquet to see off Xu Dalong and others. The atmosphere at the banquet was very dull.
Xu Dalong could feel the friendship that Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others had for him. He didn't know how the organization would arrange it in the future. He didn't know what to say at the moment. He could only say something that he would come back sooner or later to comfort Li Yunlong.
He and Zhao Gang and others were also comforting themselves.
To be honest, when Xu Dalong came to this era, the closest people were Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others, and he really didn't want to be separated from them.
However, the tasks assigned by his superiors must be completed, so he could only reluctantly lead the troops on the journey.
When she heard that Xu Dalong was leaving the Mawu Mountain base, he had gone a long way this time, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back, Chu Yun'er felt extremely sad.
She also knew that this was not something she could control.
When seeing Xu Dalong off, she forced a smile. Looking at Xu Dalong's disappearing back, she couldn't help but shed tears.
This time Xu Dalong was ordered to open up a new anti-Japanese base area. It was an order given directly by his superiors. Even the commander of the Taiyue Military Region did not know how Xu Dalong's work would be arranged in the future.
The commander put forward a condition to his superiors, that is, after Xu Dalong entered the Shandong territory, he would have independent combat rights and would not be subject to the jurisdiction of the Shandong Military Region.
In order to give full play to Xu Dalong's role, the organization agreed to the commander's request.
Before leaving, Xu Dalong said from the bottom of his heart: "Commander, I have always been your subordinate, and I hope to fight under your command in this life. I am reluctant to leave the Taiyue Military Region, and I am reluctant to leave your leadership.
I also hope that after completing this mission, I can still return to the Taiyue Military Region and continue to work under your leadership."
Xu Dalong said these words from the bottom of his heart. He truly respected the commander. When he thought about the possibility of leaving the commander, he was inevitably a little excited. His voice became more choked when he spoke, and his eyes were filled with tears.
The commander also really liked Xu Dalong. This little guy brought him too many surprises. Not only that, the commander admired Xu Dalong's character and personality very much, and he couldn't bear to lose such a smart and capable subordinate.
Seeing the sincerity on Xu Dalong's face, he was also very moved.
He said: "Xu Dalong, just work hard and don't think about other things. I will arrange it properly."
Xu Dalong heard it from the commander's words. The commander was trying his best to make him stay.
He said gratefully: "Thank you, Commander."
After speaking, he solemnly saluted the commander with a military salute.
The commander also returned the military salute seriously, and then personally sent Xu Dalong and the others off on their journey.
Xu Dalong and others marched all the way to the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain, where they were warmly received by the Fourth Military Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the anti-Japanese armed force of the underground party.
Fourth Army Division Commander Cheng Wancai, Commissioner Zheng Qiao Shan and other military division leaders had heard of Xu Dalong for a long time and were envious of the well-equipped cavalry troops he brought with him.
Chen Wancai held Xu Dalong's hand and said happily: "Captain Xu, I have heard your name for a long time and it is like thunder. I didn't expect that you are so young and have such a brilliant record. It is really admirable."
At the welcome banquet, Qiao Shan proposed that Xu Dalong give a report to introduce their relevant experience in fighting the Japanese army, and Xu Dalong agreed.
At a meeting of cadres above the battalion level of the Fourth District Military Division, Xu Dalong made a report. He explained tactics based on some combat examples of the Mawushan Military Division, which won unanimous praise from the cadres present.
Chen Wancai and Qiao Shan were both smart people. After listening to Xu Dalong's report, they felt that there was a big gap between themselves and others. In order to better learn from their experience, Chen Wancai proposed to let a group of cadres follow Xu Dalong's guerrillas.
Action, in the process of actual combat, practice the advanced combat experience of the Mawushan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong agreed wholeheartedly. Chen Wancai and Qiao Shan were very happy and took the initiative to provide food and other material supplies to Xu Dalong's guerrillas.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others left the defense area of the Fourth Army Division and were about to enter Shandong. Chen Wancai and Qiao Shan made another request, hoping that Xu Dalong and others could cooperate with the troops of the Fourth Army Division to fight.
They made it clear that they would obey Xu Dalong's command in this battle and hoped to receive personal guidance from Xu Dalong to improve the level of the Fourth Army Division Commander.
The task Xu Dalong received was to open up transportation links between the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party in Shanxi and the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party in Shandong. In the future, there would be many places where he would need to rely on the Fourth Army Division, so he agreed with Chen Wancai
At Qiao Shan's request, we jointly formulated a battle plan with them.
The Fourth Army Division has two main regiments, each with about 1,300 men, and only a few mortars and a small number of light and heavy machine guns. The officers and soldiers have a variety of weapons. Even so, there is not enough for each person to have a gun. The situation
It was almost the same as when Li Yunlong took over the Independent Regiment. They had a direct artillery company with only one Type 92 infantry gun with a total of four shells, a mountain cannon with 25 shells, and several mortars.
In addition to the main force, the Fourth Army Division also has four county brigades, with a number of between 300 and 500 people.
Chen Wancai and Qiao Shan had long heard that the troops of the Mawushan Military Division, under the leadership of Xu Dalong, had aircraft, artillery, armored vehicles, and tanks. Looking at the equipment of the cavalry troops under Xu Dalong, they hoped that Xu Dalong could bring them with him.
They fought a war and improved the equipment of the troops. They were very smart in their calculations.