The vigorous winter offensive has come to an end, and the troops in various theaters who have launched attacks on the devils have been exhausted for a long time, and they have to withdraw from the battlefield one after another and turn to defense.

The little devils also suffered heavy losses in this winter offensive of the Chinese army, not only losing many towns that had already been occupied, but also suffering a lot of casualties, and they were unable to fight again.

Exhausted by a long battle and depleted of ammunition and heavy losses on the other, the two sides began to recuperate over time.

Since January, the scale and frequency of fighting between the two sides in various theaters have also been decreasing day by day, and they have gradually returned to a state of confrontation.

The troops and little devils in the Sulu theater also fought hard for several months, although after the victory at the top of the world, they launched a new round of offensive against the little devils.

However, as the new detachment leader of the devils, Watanabe Shou, ordered the devils on the southern front to retreat and give up some areas that had been occupied, after Gaoyou's key defense, the troops in the Sulu theater had no intention of continuing the siege, and were busy starting to receive the territory left by the devils' retreat.

In the process of receiving the blank area left by the retreat of the devils, there were also several frictions, of course, as the commanders of the two sides shook hands and made peace from the overall situation, but the contradictions between the two sides because of the competition for the occupied area did not dissipate, but intensified over time.

Although Yang Ling and his Northern Jiangsu Corps were in the limelight in the first victory in the world, they themselves were also seriously damaged, and the two main battalions were almost disabled and urgently needed to recuperate.

When the devil's troops retreated and focused on defending Gaoyou, Yang Ling was also worried that this was the devil's conspiracy, so he had been heavily defending Gaoyou, and sent a large number of intelligence personnel to spy on the intelligence of the devil's soldiers.

Soon, the intelligence department fed back the news, that is, the devil's retreat from Gaoyou was not because of some conspiracy, but because the former detachment leader of the devil soldiers, Taro Sano, committed suicide due to the defeat in the battle.

After the great retreat, it was the order of the new detachment commander Watanabe Shou Ichi, because he was worried that the troops would be too scattered and repeat the mistake of the Hirayama brigade being completely annihilated.

Although the information fed back by the intelligence department was very accurate and reasonable, Yang Ling always vaguely felt that things were not so simple.

But because of the lack of effective intelligence support, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only put this matter aside for the time being, as long as the devils didn't attack, it would be able to buy time for their development and growth.

Yang Ling ordered the intelligence department to send people to infiltrate the puppet army under the command of the devil, and even did not hesitate to spend money to help those undercover officials, hoping that they would penetrate the devil's interior, so as to further obtain more valuable information.

Of course, none of this can be completed in a while, Yang Ling is just ordering the intelligence department to infiltrate the maintenance meeting under the control of the devil, the pseudo-police and the pseudo-army, as for how effective it will be at that time, it depends on the creation.

The devil didn't move for a while, and it was estimated that he was also licking the wounds left after the winter offensive, and Yang Ling didn't pay much attention to the devil 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, it was certain that he would take revenge, and now it was just dormant.

Since you can't guess when the devil will retaliate, then try to improve your strength to deal with the devil's next attack.

Yang Ling and their Northern Jiangsu Corps fought a beautiful battle at the head of the realm, and they had previously defeated Huaiyin, which could be regarded as winning glory for the Sulu Theater, so that they would not hand in blank papers in the winter offensive operations.

Therefore, not long after General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department of the Theater of Operations, went around the head of the Theater and returned to the Theater Headquarters, a telegram was sent ordering the expansion of the First Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu.

The previous establishment of the First Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu was only two guerrilla battalions, and although there were many troops, the official establishment was small, only two.

This also means that many units of the First Guerrilla Corps in northern Jiangsu do not have official numbers, and they are not considered regular troops recognized by the war zone, and even if they are wounded or wounded, they cannot enjoy the treatment and compensation of regular soldiers for casualties.

This time, Yang Ling appealed to General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, hoping to expand the establishment and number of troops in the Northern Jiangsu Army.

General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, saw the strong military momentum of the Northern Jiangsu Corps at the head of the circle, and Yang Ling also expressed his attitude to him, that is, to obey the dispatch of the Military Commission, so after returning to the theater headquarters, he discussed with the commander General Yu Xuezhong, and quickly replied.

In the reply telegram sent by the theater to the Northern Jiangsu Corps, the No. 1 Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu will be expanded to five guerrilla battalions, and each battalion will be a reinforced battalion of five companies, with each battalion numbering more than 800 people.

In addition, in order to strengthen the strength of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, the Theater Command supplemented the Northern Jiangsu Corps with a batch of firearms, including 1,500 79 rifles, 30 imitation Czech-style light machine guns, 10 Min-24 heavy machine guns, and two 75mm mountain guns, and a large number of ammunition and shells.

In order to strengthen the strength of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, the Theater Command has also made a bloody investment, and it is completely cultivated by the descendant troops.

Because in the view of General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, Yang Ling was born in the 74th Army of the Central Army, and even if he is a descendant of the Military Commission, and now he has expressed his position, then the Northern Jiangsu Corps is now a real descendant.

Instead of allocating a large amount of weapons and equipment to those local miscellaneous troops who listen to the tune and do not listen to the propaganda to resell them, it is better to allocate them to Yang Ling and their descendant troops, who are really fighting devils.

Yang Ling didn't expect the theater command to be so generous this time, and when he learned that these weapons, equipment and ammunition would be transported to northern Jiangsu in the near future, the whole was filled with happiness.

Since the establishment of their Northern Jiangsu Corps, they have been completely self-reliant, and their rifles and bullets have been completely captured, and the grenades produced by their own small workshops are not only small in quantity, but also of poor quality.

It's good now, the theater command has directly allocated so many weapons and ammunition to them, and finally let them become landlords and old money.

Of course, the theater command did not unconditionally want to strengthen the Northern Jiangsu Corps, although this time it was rare to make a generous move, but it was also worried about the waste.

Therefore, when Yang Ling and his Northern Jiangsu Corps were allocated a large amount of weapons and equipment and expanded their establishment, a group of people were also sent from the Theater Command to the Northern Jiangsu Corps.

This time, in addition to a group of civilian officers such as clerical officers, more than 10 professional staff officers, two major battalion commanders, and, more importantly, a deputy commander, were also sent to serve in the Northern Jiangsu Corps.

Since then, the Northern Jiangsu Corps has become a general captain and two deputy commanders, with a general team headquarters and five guerrilla battalions under its jurisdiction.

Although this is somewhat different from what General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, and Yang Ling said at the beginning, they only said that a group of civilian officers would be sent to assist.

But now that the Theater Command has issued an order and made some modifications, it is impossible for Yang Ling to refute it, if he really does that, not to mention that he can't get that batch of weapons and equipment, I'm afraid that in the future, the people in the Theater Command may wear small shoes for themselves.

However, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the Northern Jiangsu Corps was created by themselves, and they have also established their prestige, so a few officers who landed out of thin air want to gain a firm foothold in the Northern Jiangsu Corps, I am afraid that it will not be so easy.