The vigorous winter offensive has come to an end. The troops attacking the Japanese in various theaters have been exhausted after a long battle and have to withdraw from the battlefield and switch to defense.
The Little Japanese also suffered heavy losses in this winter offensive of the Chinese Army. Not only did they lose many occupied towns, they also suffered heavy casualties and were unable to fight again.
One side was exhausted from the long battle and had exhausted its ammunition. The other side suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of rest and recuperation. Therefore, both sides began to die down as time went by.
Since January, the scale and frequency of fighting between the two sides in each theater have been gradually decreasing day by day, and they have gradually returned to a state of confrontation.
The troops in the Sulu theater also fought hard against the Japs for several months, although after the victory at Jieshou they launched a new round of offensive against the Japs.
However, as the new Japanese detachment leader Touichi Watanabe ordered the Japanese to retreat on the southern front and abandon some of the occupied areas, and after the focused defense of Gaoyou, all the troops in the Sulu theater had no intention of continuing the siege and were busy accepting the Japanese.
The territory left behind by the retreat.
Teams with different affiliations also had several frictions in the process of taking over the empty areas left by the Japanese after their retreat. Of course, as the commanders of both sides took the overall situation into consideration, they shook hands and made peace. However, due to the conflict between the two sides competing for the occupied areas,
It did not dissipate, but intensified as time went by.
Although Yang Ling and his Northern Jiangsu Corps stole the limelight in the great victory at Jieshou, they themselves were also seriously damaged. The two main battalions were almost crippled and were in urgent need of recuperation.
When the Japanese troops retreated and focused on defending Gaoyou, Yang Ling was also worried that this was a Japanese conspiracy, so he kept heavily defending Gaoyou and sent a large number of intelligence personnel to spy on the Japanese soldiers.
Soon, the intelligence department reported back the news that the Japanese's retreat to Gaoyou was not due to any conspiracy, but because the former detachment leader of the Japanese soldiers, Taro Sano, committed suicide due to the defeat in the battle.
It was the new detachment leader Touichi Watanabe who issued the order to withdraw to defend Gaoyou after the great retreat, because he was worried that the troops would be too dispersed and repeat the mistake of the Hirayama brigade being wiped out.
Although the information fed back by the intelligence department was accurate and reasonable, Yang Ling always had a vague feeling that things were not that simple.
However, due to the lack of effective intelligence support, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only put it aside for the time being. As long as the Japanese didn't attack, it would buy them time to develop and grow.
Yang Ling ordered the intelligence department to send people to infiltrate the puppet troops under the Japanese's command, and even spent money to help those undercover agents buy officials, hoping that they would break into the Japanese's interior and obtain more valuable intelligence.
Of course, none of this can be accomplished in a short period of time. Yang Ling only ordered the intelligence department to infiltrate the maintenance committee, puppet police and puppet troops under the control of the Japanese. As for how effective it will be at that time, it depends on fate.
The Japanese were silent for a while, presumably licking the wounds left after the winter offensive. Yang Ling didn't pay much attention to the Japanese except for sending people to monitor and infiltrate.
Because Yang Ling knew very well in his heart that the little devil had suffered such a big loss and it was certain to launch revenge actions. Now he was just dormant.
Since you can't guess when the Japs will launch revenge, you should work hard to improve your own strength to cope with the Japs' next attack.
Yang Ling and the Northern Jiangsu Corps fought a good battle at Jieshou, and they also captured Huaiyin before, which could be regarded as a win for the Sulu Theater and prevented them from losing the battle in the winter offensive.
Therefore, shortly after General Zhou Fu, Director of the Political Department of the theater, went to Jieshou and returned to the theater headquarters, a telegram ordering the expansion of the First Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu was sent.
The Northern Jiangsu First Guerrilla Corps previously only had two guerrilla battalions. Although there were many troops, the formal establishment was small, only two.
This also means that many units of the First Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu do not have official designations, and they are not considered regular units recognized by the theater. Even if they are injured or killed, they will not enjoy the treatment and pensions of regular soldiers.
This time, Yang Ling approached General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, hoping to expand the establishment and strength of the Northern Jiangsu Corps.
General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, saw the strong military momentum of the Northern Jiangsu Corps at the frontier, and Yang Ling also expressed his attitude to him, that is, he would obey the dispatch of the Military Commission. Therefore, after returning to the theater headquarters, he reported to Commander Yu Xuezhong
The general held discussions and responded quickly.
In the reply from the war zone to the Northern Jiangsu Corps, the First Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu will be expanded to five guerrilla battalions, and each battalion is a five-company reinforced battalion. Each battalion has more than 800 people, which can be said to be a strong force.
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In addition, in order to strengthen the strength of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, the theater headquarters added a batch of firearms to the Northern Jiangsu Corps, including 1,500 79 rifles, 30 imitation Czech-style light machine guns, and 10 Civilian Type 24 heavy machine guns.
There are two 75mm mountain guns, equipped with a large amount of ammunition and shells.
In order to strengthen the strength of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, the theater headquarters has also spent a lot of money, and it is completely trained as a direct line unit.
Because in the opinion of General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, Yang Ling was born in the 74th Army of the Central Army and was considered a direct descendant of the Central Military Commission. Now that he has expressed his position, the North Jiangsu Corps can now be regarded as a true direct descendant.
Instead of allocating a large amount of weapons and equipment to local miscellaneous troops who do not follow the propaganda and resell them, it is better to allocate them to Yang Ling and his direct troops to truly fight the Japanese.
Yang Ling did not expect that the theater headquarters would be so generous this time. When he learned that these weapons, equipment and ammunition would be transported to northern Jiangsu soon, he was filled with happiness.
Since the establishment of their Northern Jiangsu Corps, they have been completely self-reliant, relying entirely on confiscated rifles and bullets. The grenades produced by their own small workshops are not only small in quantity, but also of poor quality. Sometimes they can be blown in half, but the Japanese are still alive and kicking.
They suffered enough from inferior weapons in the early stage.
Fortunately now, the theater headquarters has directly allocated so many weapons and ammunition to them, finally allowing them to become landlords and rich people.
Of course, the theater headquarters does not unconditionally want to strengthen the Northern Jiangsu Corps. Although it is rare to spend generously this time, it is also worried that it will be in vain.
Therefore, when Yang Ling and his colleagues were allocating a large amount of weapons and equipment and expanding their staff to the Northern Jiangsu Corps, they also sent a group of people from the theater headquarters to the Northern Jiangsu Corps.
This time, in addition to a group of civilian officers such as clerks, more than a dozen professional staff officers, two major battalion commanders, and, more importantly, a deputy captain were sent to serve in the Northern Jiangsu Corps.
Since then, the Northern Jiangsu Corps has become one captain and two deputy captains, with a headquarters and five guerrilla battalions under its jurisdiction.
Although this was slightly different from what General Zhou Fu and Yang Ling, the original directors of the Political Department, said at that time, they only said that a group of civilian officers would be sent to assist.
But now that the theater headquarters has issued an order and made some modifications, it is impossible for Yang Ling to refute it. If he really does that, let alone not getting that batch of weapons and equipment, I am afraid that the people from the theater headquarters may not be able to get it in the future.
When will you wear small shoes for yourself?
However, when soldiers come, the water will be covered by the soil. The Northern Jiangsu Corps was founded by himself, and he also established his prestige. I am afraid it will not be easy to gain a foothold in the Northern Jiangsu Corps with just a few airborne officers.