The rear theater of operations behind enemy lines can be described as strong under the command of Commander Yu Xuezhong, not only the 51st Army, the 57th Army and other regular armies dominated by the Northeast Army, but also reorganized into 10 guerrilla columns and 34 security brigades.

Such a large force was distributed in the vast territory of Shandong and Jiangsu, and it dealt a heavy blow to the devils.

And the operations in the theater behind enemy lines seriously threatened the Jinpu Line, the Jiaoji Line, the Longhai Railway and the Taiwei-Weihai Highway.

After the Battle of Wuhan, the devil had to dispatch three elite divisions to launch a large-scale attack on the anti-Japanese base behind the enemy led by General Xuezhong.

These officers and soldiers stranded behind enemy lines were naturally not afraid of danger in the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression of the devils, and the two sides fought for several months, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the Sulu area, turning the Sulu area into ruins.

When Yang Ling and the others arrived here after a thousand miles of travel, they saw almost ten rooms and nine emptiness, full of desolation, and ruins and broken walls everywhere.

The abandoned corpses by the roadside were already soaked in the ditches, emitting a foul stench, and packs of wild dogs were swaying in the fields, grinning with fierce eyes.

Seeing that the great rivers and mountains of the motherland were beaten into this picture, the brothers were holding back a fire in their hearts, wanting to fight the devil to vent.

After reporting to the Theater Command behind enemy lines, Yang Ling and the others did not stop and went straight to the third detachment of the Ninth Guerrilla Column, where they were stationed.

The third guerrilla detachment was stationed in a place called Qinghe Town in northern Jiangsu, and according to the information of the theater command, the entire detachment had a total of nearly 1,000 troops.

Although the strength of the troops was not as strong as the original 74th Army, Yang Ling was not discouraged, and he was sent to the war zone behind the enemy line to fight devils and hone himself.

He believed that with his own ability, he would soon be able to develop and grow the third detachment into a powerful force to deter devils behind enemy lines.

What Yang Ling didn't know was that when he and Wang Huzi were on their way to Qinghe Town, the third guerrilla detachment in Qinghe Town had already fought with the Japanese puppet army.

Most of the officers and men of the Third Guerrilla Detachment were units that had not had time to withdraw after the Battle of Xuzhou, and after the establishment of the theater behind enemy lines, these stragglers who had stayed in the occupied areas were unified and reorganized into a guerrilla column under the command of General Yu Xuezhong, the commander-in-chief.

The former detachment leader of the third detachment was martyred in the heavy encirclement and suppression of the war zone behind enemy lines by the devils in March, and now the acting detachment leader is Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Liechen, deputy detachment leader.

Zhang Liechen has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a strong figure, and has fought bloody battles with little devils on the battlefield in Xuzhou, and he can be regarded as a fierce general who fought a tough battle, exuding a fierce atmosphere all over his body.

Since taking over as the acting head of the third guerrilla detachment, the entire Qinghe town has been operated with iron walls, barbed wire, trenches, and pillboxes, making Qinghe Town look impregnable.

The devil and the puppet army attacked Qinghe Town several times, but they were repelled by Zhang Liechen, the acting detachment leader, and won several victories, which also allowed him to establish absolute authority in the detachment.

Zhang Liechen thought that it would be natural for him to take over as the leader of this detachment, but recently he got the news that the theater command would send someone over.

This news made Zhang Liechen very uncomfortable, he successfully let the third guerrilla detachment hold Qinghe Town, and repelled several attacks by the Japanese puppet army.

But not only did he not even have a word of commendation, but also parachuted a detachment leader down, which made him very unhappy.

Fortunately, he has now established absolute authority in the detachment, even if someone is sent down from above to command the troops below, he wants to see how the detachment leader can continue.

"Detachment Leader, Detachment Leader!"

Just as Zhang Liechen, the acting head of the Third Guerrilla Detachment, was drinking in the detachment headquarters in Qinghe Town, a man in an old gray military uniform stumbled in.

"What bullshit detachment leader, Lao Tzu is just acting."

Zhang Liechen was not happy in his heart, but now when he heard the people below shouting like this, he was even more angry, and he put his wine glass on the table.

Zhang Liechen's anger for no reason made the brother who ran into the house stunned, and even forgot what he was running here for.

"Say, what's the matter, panic." Seeing the frightened brother who was stunned, Zhang Liechen took a deep breath and asked.

After Zhang Liechen's reminder, the brother came back to his senses and hurriedly spoke: "The dog traitor Zhang Lezi has brought people over again, and there are more than 100 devils!"

"Bang!" Zhang Liechen was already in a bad mood, and when he heard this, he was even more angry and slammed his fist on the table, which shook the dishes and chopsticks on the table and fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Fuck, it's three days and two ends, and it's over!" Zhang Liechen, the acting detachment leader, ordered angrily: "Let the brothers gather, this time we must cramp and skin that dog traitor!"

"Yes!" The brother saluted, then turned and ran out of the house.

"Assemble! Gather! The devil is coming! ”

In the shouting, nearly 1,000 sloppy officers and soldiers in various military uniforms rushed out of the dormitory with their guns in unison, and then hurried to the fortifications outside the town.

The conditions of the war of resistance behind the enemy line were difficult, and their third guerrilla detachment was formed by gathered battlefield stragglers, so it looked like a group of rabble, but they had a high fighting spirit, and they could not retreat in the face of devils.

"Let the people in the town go back to their homes, the bullets don't last long, don't hurt."

Zhang Liechen also strode out of the detachment headquarters with his only machine gun of the entire third guerrilla detachment.

The third guerrilla detachment stationed in Qinghe Town is strong, and from time to time it goes out to attack the strongholds of the devils and ambushes their convoys, which is regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the devils.

Although troops were dispatched several times to encircle and suppress, the fortifications of Qinghe Town were too strong, and they all returned with a feather.

After all, there are quite a few regular troops in the Chinese guerrillas in the entire theater behind enemy lines, and the devils can't draw so many people for a while, so they have waited until now.

This time, in order to completely eliminate the third guerrilla detachment, the devils specially borrowed three Type 92 infantry guns from the wing, and more than 1,000 people from the devils and the puppet army soon arrived at the periphery of Qinghe Town.

"Sir, the devil is not good this time."

Standing in the fortifications outside the town, looking at the devils and puppet troops unfolding outside, many officers and soldiers were tense.

And Zhang Liechen also gasped when he saw that there were so many enemies coming this time, but he couldn't show his fear.

"Brothers, our people are no less than devils and traitors, as long as we hold the fortifications and fight to the death, they can't help us!"

Zhang Liechen cheered up the brothers at the top of his voice, but there were very few voices in response, after all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a vicious battle.

"Won the battle! I invite the brethren to a feast! Zhang Liechen saw that the brothers did not react, and shouted again.

"Good!"

At this time, the enthusiasm of the officers and men of the third detachment was finally mobilized, and they all rolled their guns out of the trenches and prepared for battle.