It was early winter, and the weather was extremely cold. The soldiers of the New Anti-Japanese Regiment all put on new cotton-padded clothes, which warmed their bodies and hearts. Xu Rui did not stop moving forward because of the arrival of winter.
For Xu Rui, now is an excellent opportunity. Most of the funds of the Far East Front have been taken away by him. In a short period of time, they are no longer able to launch large-scale operations. At this time, it is the best time for him to attack.
Xu Rui decided to implement his plan to seize the seventeen fortresses established by the Japanese. Four of these fortresses were already under the control of the Xu Rui Anti-Alliance New Regiment. What Xu Rui had to do was to control the remaining thirteen fortresses.
Therefore, Xu Rui decided to go on an expedition with Wang Husheng to occupy 13 fortresses abandoned by the Japanese army from Dongning to Hailar in Inner Mongolia, and establish 13 base areas, so that all the fortresses would be connected with the Wujiashan fortress where he was located.
Strategically divide the connection between the Far East and the Northeast.
In this expedition, Xu Rui used three battalions of troops, but the number was not large. This was because, according to known intelligence, these thirteen fortresses had been abandoned by the Japanese, so there was no battle to fight, but it was necessary to
It is necessary to leave a certain number of personnel to establish a base area. The strength of three battalions is more than a thousand people, and about a hundred people are left for each fortress.
Although there are not many people left in each fortress, these people are all fire. One hundred people today will be a thousand or ten thousand tomorrow. A single spark can start a prairie fire.
This expedition took Xu Rui two full months. The soldiers of the three battalions were dispersed by Xu Rui, and 13 independent battalions were established respectively. Each fortress left an independent battalion, about a hundred people.
people, develop independently in the area they occupy, and be in contact with Wujiashan Fortress through radio at any time.
It took two months for Xu Rui to finally complete his strategic vision and establish thirteen base areas. Xu Rui and Wang Husheng returned to Wujiashan Fortress. He believed that these thirteen fortresses would gradually change.
It has become thirteen base areas, and together with the other four fortresses that were previously occupied, it forms a chain. As time matures, these seventeen base areas will continue to develop and will be connected together, eventually completely separating the Far East from the Northeast.
By then, the entire Far East will be under your control!
Harbin, Far Eastern Front Headquarters.
Yamashita Fengfumi returned to Harbin. In the past two months, the Japanese Far East Front Army has been like a sleeping tiger, without a trace of movement. The reason is very simple: the Far East Front Army has no money.
Because Xu Rui robbed almost all the funds of the Far Eastern Front Army in the bank vault when he entered Xinjing, the Far Eastern Front Army fell into a serious economic crisis.
At the very beginning, the Far East Front even had a problem with food. Yamashita Tomomi wanted to count on Japan to provide timely blood transfusions to the Far East Front. However, Japan is now also in a serious economic crisis. The Pacific War with the United States consumed a large amount of money in Japan.
With limited resources, they were simply unable to take care of the Far Eastern Front.
In the end, Yamashita Fengfumi had no choice but to think of a way to quench his thirst by drinking poison, which was to issue a large number of military rolls. However, the Japanese military rolls did not have gold and other physical objects as weights to stabilize prices. As a result, the prices of materials in the Northeast skyrocketed.
By buying and selling by force, a lot of materials were harvested from the hands of the people in the Northeast, and the crisis was overcome little by little. Coupled with the bumper grain harvest in the Northeast this year, Yamashita Fengfumi finally solved the problem of feeding the army.
After several months of accumulation, the Far East Front finally gained some relief, and the originally suspended soldiers' allowances began to be paid normally. However, the price was that the people in the Northeast were in mourning, and the resentment of the Japanese in the hearts of the people was growing day by day.
Yamashita Fengwen finally took a breath and saw that it was already winter. Yamashita Fengwen had another plan in mind, which was to organize a winter crusade.
The climate in the Northeast is cold, especially the long winter. During this season, without food or water, and suffering from severe cold and disease, the survival of the anti-Japanese armed forces will be seriously threatened. The reason why the previous anti-Japanese coalition failed was because of winter survival.
They were too incompetent, had no food or water, were cold and hungry, and coupled with the constant attacks of the Japanese devils, they had to either surrender or die of cold and starvation. Only a very small number of them made it to the Soviet Union alive.
Now, Yamashita Fengwen Yang once again repeated his old plan and attacked the Wujiashan base area.
The word "agent" has been removed and Haruyuki Inoue, who became the Chief of Staff of the Far East Front, said: "Marshal, why don't we attack Primorsky Krai and instead concentrate our forces to attack Wujiashan?"
Yamashita Fengwen said: "Although Wujiashan is small, Xu Rui is really hateful and is a serious problem for us. The reason why the two Primorsky Krai battles failed was because Xu Rui made trouble behind our army and destroyed the supply line. Therefore, we must
If you want to conquer Primorsky Krai, you must conquer Wujiashan. As long as Xu Rui is eliminated, Primorsky Krai will be conquered in just a matter of seconds."
"However, our army has been defeated in front of Wujiashan several times. Now that Wujiashan is at its peak, it will be difficult to break through Wujiashan," Inoue Haruyuki said.
Yamashita Fengwen said: "I have considered that the reason why the previous attacks on Wujiashan failed was because the troops we attacked were only Class B and Class C divisions. Although they were large in number, their combat effectiveness was poor. Therefore, if we mobilize some elite
If our Class A division attacks Wujiashan, we will definitely succeed."
"Marshal, which troops do you plan to dispatch to suppress Wujiashan?" Inoue Haruyuki said.
"As early as two months ago, I applied to transfer the Osaka Fourth Division and the Tokyo First Division to Wujiashan. These two troops, plus the 18th Division, the 47th Division, the 25th Division
The division, with a total number of more than 100,000, should be able to defeat Wujiashan."
"Two Class A divisions, three Class B divisions, so many elite troops should be enough to attack Wujiashan." Haruyuki Inoue said.
"Yes, the Tokyo First Division is the most powerful division in Japan. Its personnel are twice as many as other divisions. It is called the Emperor's Guards. If the First Division participates in the battle, I think it can be eliminated.
Xu Rui.”
"I don't know where these troops are now," Inoue Haruyuki said.
"The First Division, the Fourth Division, and the 18th Division have landed from Dalian and will arrive at Wujiashan in the near future. The 25th Division and the 47th Division have also set off. It won't take long to reach Wujiashan.
This time, I will set up a dragnet to annihilate Xu Rui, the empire’s most serious thorn in the side!”
Inoue Haruyuki said: "Marshal, I know Xu Rui. With our current soldiers and weapons, we may be able to occupy Wujiashan, but it will be very difficult to eliminate Xu Rui. Unfortunately, our special operations division has been completely wiped out, otherwise
If so, we can compete with Xu Rui's Lang Ya. With the current quality of our army's soldiers, it is impossible to capture Lang Ya and Xu Rui."
"As long as we can drive Xu Rui out of Wujiashan, we will be successful. Xu Rui will become a rootless duckweed after losing his base and will never be able to make any big waves again."
"Inoue-kun, this time you and I join hands and we must destroy Wujiashan!"
"Hai..."
Just as Shanxia was dispatching troops and generals, and armies from all walks of life were gathering at Wujiashan, Xu Rui also received the intelligence sent by Zhao Yaxin from Harbin.
On Wujia Mountain, the air suddenly became tense. The Japanese army's five-pronged army sent troops to Wujia Mountain. Among them were the First Division of the imperial family's Royal Forest Army, and the Fourth Division, which also belonged to the first-class division. Two first-class divisions, three
The second-level division, such a lineup is too strong, and the whole Wujiashan is already in a storm.
Xu Rui had just returned from the expedition with Wang Husheng, and before he had time to wash away the dust of the expedition, he threw himself into the anti-punitive campaign.
In the war room underground of the Wujiashan main formation, Xu Rui gathered all the cadres from the regiment and battalion level together, including political commissar Wang Husheng, captain of the Langya Brigade Leng Tiefeng, first battalion commander He Shuya, second battalion commander Huang Shouxin, and third battalion commander Gao Chu
Lin Wei, commander of the fourth battalion, Shi Changqing, commander of the fifth battalion, Tiegang, commander of the first cavalry battalion, Niu Laohei, commander of the newly formed second cavalry battalion, Liu Xiaozhu, commander of the third cavalry battalion, and Xue Dabapa, commander of the fourth cavalry battalion, held a meeting to discuss
How to break the Japanese crusade.
Wang Husheng was the first to speak and said: "Comrades, some time ago, we achieved brilliant results and continuously defeated the Japanese devils' raids on Wujiashan and the Binhai Border Area. However, the Japanese imperialists are determined to destroy me and are bent on annihilation.
We, according to the latest intelligence, the Japanese army dispatched the 1st Division, 4th Division, 18th Division, 25th Division and 47th Division, a total of two Class A divisions, three
The Class B division is preparing to launch an attack on our Wujiashan base area. The Japanese are coming fiercely. This is destined to be another fierce battle. Everyone should express their opinions."
Everyone was silent for a moment, and finally Gao Chu couldn't stand it anymore and stood up and said: "The soldiers will stop us, and the water will cover us. As long as the Japanese dare to come to our Wujiashan Fortress, they will suffer a big loss!"
"You put it lightly. The five Japanese divisions have at least more than 100,000 troops. Our Wujiashan originally had less than 10,000 troops. Now we have divided our troops to other fortresses to establish bases. There are only five troops left in Wujiashan.
There are thousands of men and horses. There is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and ours. How can you inflict heavy losses on the Japanese?" Lin Wei said.
Gao Chu scratched his head and said: "I haven't thought about how to fight specifically, but I think we just need to fight. It's enough for the regiment commander and political commissar to worry about how to fight. As long as we have their wise leadership, we can
We can definitely win the battle."
Xu Ruixin said that Gao Chu has become cunning. If you can't help it, just say there is nothing you can do. You still have to wear high hats for yourself and Lao Wang. This flattery is invisible and tasteless, leaving no trace.
As soon as Gao Chu finished speaking, He Shuya frowned, Huang Shouxin kept twitching his nose, and Lin Wei thought to himself that Gao Chu was really flattering, and Gao Chu definitely had the potential to get involved in politics...