The so-called action means that he spread the word to shipyards and ports through intelligence personnel.
Originally, the puppet army didn't know whether to bet on the Japanese or the Eighth Route Army... The headquarters had done a lot of work in the shipyards and ports, but the point was that the puppet army was always hesitant.
They do have reasons for hesitation:
Although the Eighth Route Army is a "rising star", the Japanese have been here for more than ten years, and the Kwantung Army still has more than 700,000 soldiers. Can the 100,000-strong Eighth Route Army defeat this terrifying force?
If the Eighth Route Army cannot defeat them, or if they fight today and leave tomorrow, then why should they and their families be left behind to be liquidated by the Japanese?
Besides, the Eighth Route Army only managed to reach Dalian with one independent regiment, and later it also included a mechanized regiment and three infantry regiments, with a total strength of only over 10,000 troops. The Japanese reinforcements had one division and one regiment.
With such a huge disparity in strength, I'm afraid there is no need to wait for the Eighth Route Army to retreat. As long as the Japanese reinforcements arrive, the outcome will be clear.
What made the puppet army even more emboldened was actually the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners.
The policy of preferential treatment for prisoners was strategically good because it allowed more people to surrender to the Eighth Route Army with confidence, but tactically it was not necessarily a good thing.
For example, now, a consensus among the puppet troops is:
"Anyway, the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners preferentially, so we are in no hurry to surrender!"
"That's right, things are different with the Japs. If the world is still dominated by the Japs in the future and we surrender too early, we will have to worry about our own lives!"
"That's right, even if you want to surrender, you have to wait until the Eighth Route Army arrives at your doorstep!"
"At least we have to wait until the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese decide the outcome!"
"But let me tell you, the Eighth Route Army is really different now? Even the Japanese were beaten to a pulp by them!"
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Therefore, under normal circumstances, there will be no chaos in the shipyard and port for a while. The puppet army is waiting to see what happens, while the Japanese gendarmerie with more than 500 people is sitting at attention.
But as soon as Li Yunlong said what he said, the situation immediately changed:
"He's trying to scare people, right? Doesn't the Eighth Route Army never kill prisoners?"
"Hey, you really don't believe this! Others may not, but this Li Yunlong is not an ordinary person!"
"This guy can do anything, and he does what he says!"
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Then the puppet troops couldn't wait any longer and had to choose one of the two options.
The last discussion finally made the decision: "Bet on the Eighth Route Army to win!"
It is said that the puppet army bet on the Eighth Route Army to win mainly because the Eighth Route Army can even destroy the Japanese warships. They guarding the shipyards and ports know what this means: sooner or later the Japanese will be finished if this continues!
Then chaos broke out in the ports and shipyards. This chaos was a huge chaos, involving not only the three battalions of puppet troops, but also nearly a million workers, farmers, fishermen, businessmen, etc. under their control.
The Japs only had 500 military police, some Japs "pioneering regiments" who had not gone to the front line, disabled soldiers, and some shipyard technicians.
The total number of these people was only over 5,000, and most of them had no weapons. They were no match for nearly a million people, and they were quickly drowned in the wave of resistance.
When Wang Xuexin learned about this, he was both happy and helpless.
Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army finally recaptured Dalian and gained a lot...
Because the Japanese troops had all been mobilized to intercept the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhou, its internal strength was so empty that it was short of manpower to carry out sabotage.
In fact, it was not that there was a shortage of manpower, but that the Japanese military police brigade simply did not dare to do this.
The captain of the military police brigade is a lieutenant colonel named Jiro Aoki. He did receive orders from Colonel Yamagishi to blow up various equipment.
However, Aoki Jiro is walking on thin ice.
When the staff asked Jiro Aoki why, he replied angrily: "Do you want to die? If we install bombs to blow up the equipment, are we telling everyone that we can't hold on anymore? This is asking them to rebel!"
Objectively speaking, what Jiro Aoki did was right.
There were only more than 500 military policemen, but they dared to prepare explosions in an area with nearly a million people... As long as the people felt that something was wrong, they would tear them all apart. The result was that they could not accomplish anything and could not destroy anything, so they simply did not
Do!
Therefore, the Japanese military police brigade pretended not to know anything, and even kept preaching that the imperial army would win and the Eighth Route Army could not reach the port and shipyard.
This approach is smart, and it is one of the reasons why the puppet army and the people have never revolted.
As a result, when the Eighth Route Army recaptured Dalian, they almost completely seized all the equipment in the shipyard, including a cruiser and submarine parked at the port for repairs... They were seized because workers secretly tampered with them during maintenance to prevent them from starting.
As a result, the Japanese couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
There are more supplies at the port, including various equipment, food, and military supplies. The word "pile up like a mountain" is not an exaggeration to describe it. It can be said that the supply problem of the Eighth Route Army was solved immediately.
The reason why Wang Xuexin still felt helpless was because there were nearly a million people, and the Japanese military police only had more than 500 people. They actually had to wait until now to start an uprising!
On the other side, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, with more than 2,000 people, had just laid down a defensive line held by the Japanese with twice their own strength. Then they had to face the Japanese reinforcements that were ten times their own. Every battle was a bloody battle in which they risked their lives.
But in the rear, nearly a million people did not dare to do anything in the face of more than 500 Japanese soldiers, even though each of them could trample the Japanese soldiers into a pulp as long as they stepped on them.
It can also be seen from this that the people are still in a kind of habitual terror. This terror has made them lose their ability to think and completely ignore the comparison of strength between the enemy and ourselves. They cannot see that they are already much stronger than the Japanese.
However, Wang Xuexin believes that this situation will not last long.
Because as one place is liberated one after another, they will always know that they have stood up and have enough strength to compete with the enemy.
"Repair the cruiser immediately!" Wang Xuexin ordered: "Let it move as quickly as possible!"
"yes!"
"In addition!" Wang Xuexin added: "Let the surrendering troops organize the crew and gunners and prepare for battle!"
"yes!"
Chen Songyong couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard Wang Xuexin's order, and said: "Commander, are you... planning to put the cruiser into battle?"
"If it can be used, why not use it?" Wang Xuexin replied: "Don't the Japanese have more than 30,000 reinforcements? Even if the reinforcements arrive, we will still be at an obvious disadvantage. I just want to see if there are cruisers involved in the battle, whether they can still break through the Jin Dynasty.