Ma Wanzhong naturally will not put all the treasures on the bandits, the commander of a group army, although the troops under his command are pitiful, but the hope of his own development and growth is in the hands of the bandits, Ma Wanzhong will definitely not be stupid to this extent.

"It's not a safe place for our troops to be here! Now that the weather is getting warmer, it's the perfect time for us to disperse our troops! ”

When the correspondent came, just like Ma Wanzhong said Liao Fan's suggestion, you can't put all your eggs in the same basket! It's just that it was a cold winter, and it was not appropriate to disperse the troops! Finally survived the harsh winter, and when the warm spring came, when everything recovered, it was also the time to separate!

"Commander, what are you thinking?" The staff officer saw that Ma Wanzhong was constantly drawing circles one after another on the map! Ma Wanzhong has been looking at this map for a whole winter, and he will take it out every day to look at it, and then mark some things!

"Let a few battalion commanders come to me for a meeting, our time here is not too short, it's time to develop outward!"

"Commander! Outward-looking? But we haven't established ourselves here yet! The staff officer asked suspiciously.

"Brother Fan told us that we can't put all our eggs in one basket, and I have also seriously considered it, now in our place, a thousand troops are enough to deal with the surrounding situation!"

In the mountains, as long as they held the main communication routes, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to attack the mountains. A thousand men were enough to hold the area, and there were bandits nearby, and it was impossible for these bandits to remain indifferent to the mass entry of the Japanese army into the mountains. Moreover, there is a shortage of materials in the mountains, and once the materials are unsustainable, the more troops there are, the weaker the combat effectiveness becomes!

"If the Japanese army attacks on a large scale, it will be difficult for our current 10,000 troops to block the attack, on the contrary, the fewer troops we have, the easier it is to transfer and deal with the little devils! The bigger the troops, the easier it is to be eliminated! And if our troops are dispersed now, and the Japanese army destroys us, the other troops can completely survive, continue to develop and then deal with the Japanese army! ”

Ma Wanzhong has already figured it out, they don't need too many troops on their side, if the Japanese army arranges 100,000 people to attack, how many troops they have are in vain, and it is easy to be eliminated by the little devils, on the contrary, the fewer the number of people, the higher the mobility, if only one person hides in the ravine, the 100,000 army of the little devils will not be able to find it for half a month! And half a month's logistical supply of the little devil's 100,000 army gave the little devil a headache!

Several battalion commanders called to the command.

"Today's meeting is a meeting of our own brothers, and no matter how close the brothers are, there are times when they are separated, so what I am telling you today is the matter of separation! Some of you have experienced the time when we split up in Taihang Mountain! At that time, Taihang Mountain was stable, so it was separated! And now that we are unstable here, why should we break up? The reason is simple, it is to make it easier to survive! ”

After Ma Wanzhong finished everyone's ideological work, he took out a map and put it in front of the battalion commanders.

"Several counties and cities around us are good places, although they are not economically developed, but the population and food are a good choice for our army! So I decided that a company was in charge of a county! As you all know, our troops have been reorganized, and according to Brother Fan's orders, our troops are the Fifth Army, and the commander of my army has no troops! ”

"So I decided that in the future, if you have a battalion under your hands, you will be the battalion commander, and if you have a division under your hands, you will be the division commander! But let's talk about the ugly words first, you can't do things out of the ordinary, in order to be a division commander to catch strong men everywhere, forcing the people to join the army! Once this situation is discovered, not to mention that you have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, I will definitely not show mercy! ”

In order to seek development, Ma Wanzhong naturally wants to give them a little benefit and let them see the hope of development! In such a difficult environment, there is enough motivation to develop with a little hope!

"Commander, don't worry, our brothers followed you out of Taihang Mountain to the Northeast, and never thought about getting promoted and making a fortune, and decided not to do anything that would lose the face of Taihang Mountain!"

Several battalion commanders can't change their mouths about Ma Wanzhong, it is difficult to change the name of the division commander after calling him for such a long time, and Ma Wanzhong doesn't mind, he is their division commander in the first place, if he can be their division commander for life.

"I'm not worried about your battalion commanders, I'm worried about the company platoon commanders below, although some of them have rich combat experience, but they can't control themselves for local affairs, after separation, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and I and you are watching at ordinary times, they know convergence, once no one is staring, it is easy to do something out of line!" Ma Wanzhong was naturally relieved of several battalion commanders, these battalion commanders were all people who had not wavered in the most difficult time at the beginning, and had withstood the test, and what he was worried about was the company platoon commander below.

"We'll hold a meeting with them when we go back, and we'll be sure to re-explain our policy!"

"Okay, then I'll arrange the area that each battalion and company is responsible for, and after you go back, you will arrange all the plans, and the time will be set to set off in half a month!"

Ma Wanzhong put the responsibility of each county on each company, and warned each company commander not to go head-to-head with the Japanese army! What they need most is development, not hard resistance to the Japanese army! At the same time, it is propaganda to the people that they are really resisting Japan, and relying on the support of the people, they can continue to grow and develop, and unswervingly go on!

In addition to the direct troops, only four battalions of troops, one reconnaissance battalion and three regular combat battalions remained in the mountains! It was enough to leave these troops, in addition to the troops guarding the intersections, Ma Wanzhong also left two battalions of mobile troops for himself!

In any case, Ma Wanzhong still scattered his troops, life and death are rich and noble, although most of the veterans brought by Ma Wanzhong do not seek wealth and nobility, but only seek peace in the country! But the situation they face next will become a new one, and they will have to solve the difficulties themselves, and they will have to deal with an enemy several times their size, and they will be completely annihilated at any time.

The situation outside the mountain, Ma Wanzhong really can't control it, although the distance is very close, but Ma Wanzhong still has to build the mountain well, at least the mountain is their base, when the troops outside the mountain are attacked, they can still retreat to the mountain to defend it!

"We also need to arrange it in the mountain, we can't dig a large cave like Taihang Mountain, we can get a few small ones!"

Ma Wanzhong's conditions here are not as good as Taihang Mountain, except for a little more wild resources, there is almost nothing, so everything has to rely on themselves, and they have to rely on their own people to dig caves, but they only have this amount of manpower, so the scale of digging caves is smaller, and they can use it!

From the headquarters to the soldiers' dormitories and training grounds, Ma Wanzhong re-planned, the purpose is to keep warm, in the absence of heating facilities, in winter, let the soldiers live in a warm room, it is also to improve morale.

As for the choice of the training ground, Ma Wanzhong chose a more hidden place, after all, they are now behind enemy lines, and all actions should not be too arrogant! The construction of the rest of the infrastructure Ma Wanzhong was copied according to the mold of Taihang Mountain, and Ma Wanzhong also saved trouble.

In the northeast, a small Taihang Mountain began to be built slowly, although the development was slow, it can be regarded as a formal way.

"It's getting more and more like Taihang Mountain!"

With the arrival of spring, the vegetation begins to sprout all over the mountains, and it is impossible to tell that it is in a foreign land, but they are indeed strangers.

"Yes, it's getting more and more like Taihang Mountain, and the soldiers must be homesick too!"

After being here for so long, there must be people who are going to be homesick.

"There's no way, we're soldiers, we can't help ourselves, where we are needed, we will appear there! When we're strong, we'll never have to run around like this again! ”

Ma Wanzhong doesn't want to do this either, this country has become like this, it is the responsibility of their soldiers!

"Alright, sentimentality is the prerogative of poets, we are soldiers, there is no need to be comfortable here with these useless feelings! Send a telegram to Brother Fan and tell him that this winter has passed and our troops have begun to develop! ”

Ma Wanzhong remembered the telegram he sent to Liao Fan last time, which made Liao Fan lose his temper, and now that they have finally survived the difficulties, it is time to report the good news to Liao Fan, at least don't let Liao Fan worry about their situation anymore.

Of course, Liao Fan was waiting for news from Ma Wanzhong at any time, because most of Taihang Mountain's plans now were formulated to recover the Northeast, the Northeast has vast land and rich resources, and if Taihang Mountain wants to become stronger, it can only rely on the advantages of the Northeast to develop itself.

Moreover, the Pingjin area cannot use force, and if you want to recover the Pingjin area peacefully, then you must make Okamura Ningji feel the existence of the crisis, then the only way is to besiege the city, and only then will the Japanese army take the initiative to abandon the Pingjin area.

The Northeast is related to the development of the Taihang Mountains and the recovery of the Pingjin region, and in any case, the Northeast must be recovered from the Japanese army first.

"Ma Wanzhong, this stinky boy has no news for a winter, and now he finally knows to give a message!"

Liao Fan breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Ma Wanzhong's side was out of trouble! It will take more than half a year to complete the plan on their side, and when the time comes, it will be necessary to deploy troops and transport supplies, and there will be a lot of preparation to be done! This period of time is enough for Ma Wanzhong and them to develop, although it will not be very powerful, at least it can harass the little devil chicken dog restless!

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed! The east wind is already on the way! Li Lingfei smiled, as if he had seen the Japanese army driven out of China.