Xu Dalong stepped forward, stood at attention and saluted the guerrillas, and said enthusiastically: "Hello, brothers! On behalf of the Songshan guerrillas, I welcome you home."
After listening to Xu Dalong's words, the guerrillas burst into even warmer applause.
Su Zhenning stepped forward while applauding, and then pressed his hands down to signal everyone to stop applauding.
He said: "Brothers, do you know who Captain Xu is? Even though he is young, he is a famous anti-Japanese hero in the Eighth Route Army of our underground party."
Next, he introduced what he learned about Xu Dalong to the guerrillas.
None of the guerrillas thought that Xu Dalong, who was so young, could actually achieve so many amazing achievements. They had experienced hundreds of battles and knew that the Japanese army was very powerful. Even in the period when the guerrillas outside the customs were strong, it was impossible to eliminate hundreds of Japanese at one time.
An amazing victory. But the young man in front of them was able to command thousands of troops, or even entire divisions, to annihilate the Japanese army. This was completely beyond their imagination.
Everyone was dumbfounded and could only express their excitement with warm applause.
Next, Su Zhenning asked Xu Dalong to give a situation report on the Anti-Japanese War.
Xu Dalong first introduced the process of the underground party troops in the pass being reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army after Chang Zheng, persisting in the war of resistance, and continuing to grow and develop.
The guerrillas were very excited after hearing this. They now knew that they were not fighting alone. There were thousands of anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party in China who insisted on resisting the war like them. Like overseas wanderers, they somehow found a home.
It felt so good that many people's eyes became moist after listening to it, and some people shed tears directly.
Xu Dalong then introduced the development of the Songshan guerrillas. He knew that the veterans of these guerrillas had suffered various blows in their battles with the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchukuo Army. They had doubts about whether they could persist in the war of resistance in the dangerous environment outside the Pass.
, development and growth, without having much hope. They are willing to return home to fight, but they just hold a tragic feeling of fighting the enemy to the end.
In order to strengthen their confidence, Xu Dalong gave a very detailed introduction to the development history of the Songshan guerrillas. He wanted to use facts to prove that as long as they fought bravely, were not afraid of sacrifice, and coupled with correct strategies and tactics, the guerrillas would be able to win outside the customs.
Stand firm and grow stronger.
Xu Dalong introduced how he led a special operations squadron to escort Comrade Wang from the underground party to the pass. On the way, he encountered the guerrillas in Guanzhenshan and rescued them.
When Xu Dalong mentioned Guan Zhenshan, someone among the guerrillas stood up. There were three of them. They were all former subordinates of Guan Zhenshan. When they heard that Guan Zhenshan and the others were still alive, they were all extremely excited and concerned.
Ask about the current situation of Guan Zhenshan and others.
Xu Dalong said that Guan Zhenshan and others are doing well now. He asked the three guerrillas to sit down first and said that what he was going to talk about next was related to the current situation of Guan Zhenshan and others.
Xu Dalong told how after rescuing Guan Zhenshan and others, he wanted to escort them to the pass for rest and recuperation, but Guan Zhenshan and the others insisted on staying and continuing to fight outside the pass.
Having said this, Xu Dalong highly praised Guan Zhenshan and the others for their determined fighting spirit that they would rather die than surrender and shed their blood on their homeland.
When Xu Dalong said this, many guerrillas felt a little ashamed. They were also old guerrillas who were staunch and unyielding. They were forced to retreat outside the country under the orders of their superiors. But after all, they withdrew from the country and did not do anything like
Guan Zhenshan and others continued to fight outside the pass.
They felt very uncomfortable, and now they were looking forward to returning to China as soon as possible, and like Guan Zhenshan and others, fought bloody battles against the Japanese invaders.
When Xu Dalong talked about Guan Zhenshan and the others' insistence not to enter the customs, he hesitated for a moment because he did not want to irritate these old guerrilla members.
In the end, he chose to tell the truth about this experience. He felt that this would better stimulate the sense of honor of the old guerrillas and return to the country with greater enthusiasm to participate in the Anti-Japanese War. At this moment, when he saw the expressions of the guerrillas, he knew that he had done the right thing.
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Xu Dalong told how the Songshan guerrillas only had 200 people when they were established. Through flexible tactics, they continued to annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops, conquered group tribes, and rescued a large number of people. The guerrillas continued to grow and develop, and in just a few months
In the entire process, thousands of Japanese and puppet troops were annihilated, an anti-Japanese guerrilla column of more than 10,000 people was created, and a vast anti-Japanese base area including 12 counties was established.
The guerrillas listened with excitement. As Xu Dalong narrated, they continued to give warm applause.
In order to strengthen the guerrillas' confidence in the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Dalong also talked about the international situation, the entire international anti-fascist war, and the situation in the Pacific battlefield.
So the guerrillas understood that even though the Kwantung Army in front of them seemed extremely powerful, it was actually a paper tiger. They were on the decline and would definitely be driven back to their hometown in a few years.
The guerrillas have been fighting in the white mountains, black waters, and vast jungles all year round, and their information is very limited. Even after they retreated abroad, they could not get more information.
Xu Dalong's report opened a magnificent picture in front of them. The tragedy in the hearts of the guerrillas had been transformed into the passion for fighting, and their morale was extremely high.
Gao Youde was an experienced Zheng Zhi worker. After Xu Dalong finished speaking, he raised his arms and shouted with passion. The guerrillas were also passionate and shouted slogans along with him.
"Drive out the Japanese invaders and return our mountains and rivers." "Fight back to your hometown. The Japanese invaders will be defeated and our army will win!"
The long-suppressed emotions of the team members were fully released. The loud voices of hundreds of people soared into the sky, and the birds in the distant forest were frightened and flew away.
Xu Dalong was extremely satisfied with the morale of the guerrillas. He told the guerrillas to be prepared and return to China to join the war when the special forces arrived.
While waiting for Wei Dayong and others, Xu Dalong was not idle. He took the initiative to interact with the local garrison of the Su Army and established a good relationship with them.
The Soviet Army also attached great importance to Xu Dalong's experience in fighting Japan. They invited him to conduct discussions and discussed with Xu Dalong how to cooperate with the Songshan guerrillas in future operations. In the end, the Soviet Far East Army decided to send a liaison group to follow Xu Dalong and others.
Let's go to Songshan Guerrillas together.
Xu Dalong knew that the Su army requested cooperation with the Songshan guerrillas, so he took the opportunity to ask for a large amount of weapons, equipment and other military supplies for the Songshan guerrillas.
On this day, the special forces member who acted with Xu Dalong finally arrived at the guerrilla station and told Xu Dalong the news of the heroic sacrifice of the guerrilla.
Xu Dalong felt very heavy and took off his hat to observe the sacrifice of the guerrillas.
His heavy heart was quickly diluted by the good news. In the evening of that day, the special operations squadron led by Wei Dayong finally arrived at the guerrilla station.
Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and the guerrillas were all anxious to return home to fight, but Xu Dalong asked them to wait for two more days as he still had things to do.
That night, he went to the Su army's barracks and asked Serev and others to call their superiors and agreed to meet here at noon tomorrow.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the next day, Xu Dalong sent several special operations team members carrying an 82mm recoilless rifle and 40-mm rocket launcher to the Soviet army's barracks to meet with experts from the Soviet Army's Far Eastern Front arsenal.
The Soviet army's weapons industry is relatively advanced, but they believe in artillery doctrine. The focus of weapon development is on tanks and giant artillery. Close-combat artillery such as rocket launchers and 82mm recoilless rifles are their shortcomings.
Experts from the Soviet Army Arsenal were very interested after testing the power of the 40 rocket launcher and the 82 mm recoilless rifle. These two close combat firearms are not only effective in dealing with armored vehicles, but also in urban offensive and defensive operations.
It can also play a huge role. They believe that if the Soviet army is equipped with such weapons, it can effectively improve the combat effectiveness of the infantry.
In addition, they are also very interested in the walkie-talkies carried by Xu Dalong and the others. The three pieces of equipment developed by Xu Dalong all adopt the advanced technology of later generations and are completely ahead of the times. The experts at the Sujun Arsenal hope to obtain corresponding
production technology.
What Xu Dalong wanted was this effect. He said he could sell the drawings and related production processes to Su Jun.
Experts from the arsenal requested Xu Dalong to send special forces members to carry these three pieces of equipment and go with them to the Far East Army Command Headquarters. They wanted to show these three pieces of equipment to their superiors to facilitate this deal.
While waiting for the decision from superiors, experts from the arsenal discussed economic development with Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong's knowledge and concepts on future weapons development have attracted great attention from military industry experts. They said they would try their best to facilitate the current deal and then further strengthen cooperation with Xu Dalong.
The generals of the Far East Front all recognized the three pieces of equipment designed by Xu Dalong and approved the equipment department to reach this deal with Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong was not as open-minded as the lion. The three pieces of equipment only cost a total of 1 million meters of gold. He was prepared to continue to obtain more resources from the Su army.
The Su Army hoped that Xu Dalong could stay for a longer period of time to provide technical guidance to their arsenal. However, Xu Dalong had to return to the Songshan guerrillas. The Su Army decided to send an ordnance team to follow Xu Dalong to the Songshan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong went to the Sujun barracks and stayed there for several days. Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and others were anxiously waiting and prepared to send people to urge Xu Dalong to come back.
Fortunately, Xu Dalong came back soon, and with him was a convoy of the Su Army.
Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and the guerrillas all came out to greet him, and Xu Dalong asked them to arrange for people to unload the truck. Seeing the mountains of weapons and equipment and various other military supplies, the guerrillas admired Xu Dalong very much.
They have been relying on others for a long time. The attitude of the Su army towards them is neither good nor bad, and the equipment and material supply cannot keep up with the ordinary Su army.
Although the Su army promised them that they would provide them with some supplies before returning home, they did not expect it to be so generous and everyone was very excited.
When everyone knew that Xu Dalong had obtained 1 million meters of gold through technology transfer, they couldn't believe their eyes. Although they had heard about Xu Dalong's miracles from the special forces members, the scene in front of them still stunned them.
Everyone was in admiration.
On this day, Xu Dalong and others were finally setting off to the secret camp of the Songshan guerrillas. Their team included a 205-person special operations squadron led by Wei Dayong, a 675-person guerrilla unit led by Su Zhenning and Gao Yongde, the Soviet Army Liaison Group and
There are 11 people in the military engineering team and 60 civilians mobilized by the guerrillas, a total of 908 people, forming a special detachment.
That night, the special operations squadron led by Wei Dayong crossed the national border under the leadership of five guides, followed closely by the Su army's liaison team and ordnance team, and then 60 civilians and some guerrillas.
transportation team. Su Zhenning led the guerrillas as defenders.
When Wei Dayong and the special operations squadron arrived, they had already explored a path. The operation of the special detachment went very smoothly at the beginning, and they did not encounter any interception by the Japanese and puppet troops for the whole day.
The guerrillas marched day and night, stopping to rest at dawn. For the safety of the special detachment, Wei Dayong sent special forces members to serve as guards around the area, and he himself led a detachment to the front to explore the road.
At 5 o'clock, Wei Dayong sent someone back to report the message. Although they carried a wireless telegraph phone, they were worried that the signal would be received by the Japanese and puppet troops, so they could only turn it off and send a messenger to report the message.
The correspondent came to Xu Dalong and said that a Japanese and puppet army's mountain forest expedition team was found ahead. More than 50 people were resting by the creek in the valley. Wei Dayong asked Xu Dalong for instructions on what to do.
Xu Dalong asked the correspondent to go back and tell Wei Dayong not to alarm this group of Japanese and puppet troops. Unless they happened to search the place where the special detachment was camping, no action should be taken. If action was taken, it must be resolute and decisive and not to let a single Japanese and puppet soldier go.
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The correspondent ran to the hillside and passed Xu Dalong's instructions to Wei Dayong. Wei Dayong nodded and continued to monitor the Japanese and puppet troops in the valley.
The Japanese and puppet troops who camped temporarily next to the creek stayed there for more than an hour and then left one after another.
Two special operations team members followed them and after confirming that they were far away, they came back and reported to Wei Dayong.
Wei Dayong sent a squad of special forces members to continue to explore the front. The special forces members carried walkie-talkies. Wei Dayong ordered their walkie-talkies to stay on. They had agreed in advance not to make any calls, and to speak to the enemy if they found out.
I blew into the microphone three times in a row. When the danger was over and everything was safe, I took two long breaths.
Due to their caution, they marched for three consecutive days without encountering Japanese and puppet troops.