After taking the county seat, he only stayed in Weihe County for less than half a day, and Yang Zhen, who evacuated, completely blew up all the buildings and railroad tracks at Weihe Station with the artillery shells captured by the Japanese army before leaving. The rest of the trucks that stayed in the station were all blown up. All that was left for the Japanese was a pile of ruins.

Although Yang Zhen knew that doing so would greatly reduce the image of his troops among the people, he could only do so in order to delay the pursuit of the Japanese army. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to leave a bearded image for the people, and didn't want to cause too much disgust among the people, Yang Zhen, who was not too nervous about time, would not just blow up the station. Even the radio stations and other key departments in the city will not be left.

You must know that although Weihe County is not big, it is also a small sparrow with all kinds of organs. Some necessary facilities such as civilian radio stations are still available. But the role of these facilities is not only military, but also civilian. In order to leave a deep impression on the people of Weihe County, Yang Zhen only blew up the railway station, and the rest of the facilities were basically left.

However, although Yang Zhen did not destroy other buildings related to people's livelihood except for the railway station, before he evacuated, he took away all the information of the puppet Manchurian county government, especially all the information about the group tribe and the pioneer group, and burned all the fire that could not be taken away. Even the household registration was not left.

Yang Zhen knew that the devil's control over the Northeast was extremely strict. To break this tight, almost harsh grip, smashing must start with the basics. Burning all the Japanese pseudo-household registrations in Weihe County is only the first step.

As for what to do next, Yang Zhen has already thought about it. In addition to disrupting the plan of the Devils' Pioneer Group and breaking off one of its hands to deal with the Anti-Japanese Federation, it is necessary to completely destroy the plan of the Devils to return to the tun and merge their households, and restore the connection between them and the people.

But what to do, Yang Zhen doesn't have time to think about it for the time being. He now needs to think more about how to face the next step of the devil's heavy encirclement. By laying down the county seat of Weihe, it can be said that he has stabbed the entire puppet Binjiang Province for a day, which is tantamount to giving a ruthless mouth to the Japanese puppet authorities who boast in the newspapers all day about how many brilliant victories they have achieved in suppressing bandits. The little devil still has no strength to chase himself? His focus should be on how to deal with those Japanese puppet troops in the next step.

Although the current expansion of the army is not much, it is definitely not less, and the equipment is also substantial, but Yang Zhen definitely does not think that the combat effectiveness of his troops has improved compared with before. Two battles in a row, the scale is not large, but there are too many problems with the table, and there are more places to run. Coupled with some of the new recruits who joined the army, Yang Zhen believes that the combat effectiveness of his troops is now declining instead of rising.

Don't look at the Type 90 steel helmets that your troops are all wearing now, and the small number of Fengtian-made Liao 13-type rifles in your hands have all been replaced by Type 38. The military uniforms on his body are no longer various, tattered, but a full set of collar badges and ranks, replaced by two pieces of red cloth of the Japanese Kwantung Army uniform, but Yang Zhen knows that at least now his troops still do not have the strength to fight the Japanese army. There are still too many things that this force is lacking at the moment.

When fighting head-on, don't look at the thousands of people in your hands now, but when it comes to attacking fortifications, I'm afraid that even a squadron of devils can't deal with it. In a face-to-face field battle, two squadrons of the Japanese army were able to crush their own troops. What I need most now is time, to give myself some time to settle down and train. Even if it's just two months.

In the first battle of Zhou's camp, he had the advantage of strength and firepower, but he was only facing the strength of a squadron of the Japanese army. In the case of ambush tactics, but after the battle, nearly 100 people were killed and wounded.

In terms of the number of people killed in battle, it is indeed much smaller than the devils who were undoubtedly wiped out. But in terms of overall casualties, they are almost one-to-one with the devil. This number, although it made Yang Zhen feel a little embarrassed. But he knew that this was a comparison of the real strength of the two armies.

After sending away a large number of materials and wounded captured in Weihe County under the leadership of the current director of the political department, Peng Dingjie, escorted by a company of troops, as well as the team composed of those doctors who had been kidnapped and recruits who needed to be trained, returned to the secret camp of Ning'an Laoheidingzi Mountain, Yang Zhen stood on a hill in the cauldron helmet mountain, looked at the team that had disappeared into the long night, and sighed secretly in his heart: "Time is running out. ”

As for whether Peng Dingjie can lead the team to reach Laoheidazi Mountain safely, Yang Zhen is not too worried. The marching routes they formulated along the way were all in the deep mountains and dense forests, and not only the Japanese puppet army in Weihe County was almost cleaned up by themselves in the first battle of Wei'an Mountain, but also carried some puppet Manchu military police in Ning'an and Zhuhe. Before the devils fell back from the Japanese puppet army that blocked the Xiajiang area, this reed river was still relatively empty. As long as he is careful along the way and doesn't be greedy, there shouldn't be any big problems.

To be honest, at this time, Yang Zhen didn't want to let Peng Dingjie go. But this batch of materials is too important, including a large amount of food, cloth, ammunition, materials, medicine, weapons and equipment, and more than 2,000 pieces of captured Japanese winter clothing materials, is the capital of whether the troops can hold on to the cold of the North Manchurian winter. Sending someone else to go, Yang Zhen was really a little worried.

However, thinking of Zhang Ting's words when he escorted the wounded to the senior, Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile a little again. Although this person is a complete nerd, what he said is not unreasonable.

"We don't want to sign up for the army, not because we are willing to be obedient people, or because we are afraid of death. But since the 918 Incident, the Northeast Army abandoned the Northeast, there have been many anti-Japanese teams, but that family didn't gather first and then disperse, and that family brought hope to the people of the Northeast? ”

"The original anti-Japanese volunteers were so strong, but what was the result? Retreat to the rout, surrender to the enemy, run to the ** side? And now the anti-union? The result? Even if the records in the devil's newspaper are all bragging, but those traitors, even the division commander has betrayed, this shouldn't be fake, right? Also, the blood that was killed in Weihe County was all the Anti-Japanese Federation. ”

"Rise and fall, defeat and rise. are all insisting, and they are all threatening to drive the devil out of the northeast. But how did it end? But it was disappointment again and again. When my heart is cold, I don't think about anything, I just want to live peacefully. ”

"I participated in the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and I had the opportunity to retreat to the Soviet Union with my superiors. But I did not retreat to the Soviet Union with the anti-Japanese volunteers. Because I am Chinese, I will die on my own land. Hope, as long as we give us hope, none of us will want to be obedient people of the devil. ”

Hearing this guy's words when he was leaving, Yang Zhen and Li Yanping, Guo Bingxun, and Peng Dingjie who were present were silent. After a long time, Yang Zhen raised his head and said to this stubborn scholar: "I can't promise to give you or many people hope, but I will do my best to do it." I believe that as long as we don't give up easily, one day we will completely drive the devils out of China. And I also believe that this day will not be too far away. ”

"But if we're just disappointed, we don't do anything. Then our disaster-stricken country is truly hopeless. I can assure you that as long as I have a breath, I will not give up my resistance. I hope you stay and see our efforts. If I can't give you hope, I'll let you go. ”

After sending away this person who wanted hope, Yang Zhen stood silently on the top of the mountain, until the figure of Peng Dingjie and his party was invisible, and then he turned his head to Li Yanping, who had been silent after hearing the doctor's words, and said: "Political commissar, they have all gone away." It's time for us to look at the next course of action. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen talking to himself, Li Yanping, who had been looking at the stars in the sky in a distraction just now, nodded, didn't say anything, turned around and went down the mountain first. The nerd's words were a bit excessive, but they told the truth. Thinking about what has happened since the Western Expedition, Li Yanping looks very heavy.

After descending the mountain, Yang Zhen and a few people got into a simple tent temporarily set up by Xiaohuzi with a rain cloth, turned on the flashlight and said to Li Yanping according to the map: "Political commissar, we took Weihe County this time, not only replenished a large number of materials, but also attracted the attention of the devils and attracted their attention from the Xiajiang area. ”

"But there's a saying about burning yourself. We took Weihe County, although it could reduce the pressure on the Second and Third Route Armies of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Jidong and North Manchuria, but it also attracted the focus of the devils to our side. No matter from that point on, we will not be allowed to sit on the big devils, and they are bound to encircle and suppress us on a large scale. So the next step is how to get rid of the devil's heavy crusade against us. ”

"You see this is where we are at the moment. And we are now in the middle of several railway lines of the devils, and there is not a lot of room for manoeuvre around us. Once the devil adopts a posture of encirclement on all sides, it will be unduly disadvantageous for us. So I thought we had to jump out and jump to the outside before we planned. ”

For Yang Zhen's analysis, several people understand. The danger pointed out by Yang Zhen is also visible to several people with a discerning eye. As soon as Yang Zhen's words fell, Li Yanping on the side said first: "Old Yang, your analysis is very accurate. We took Weihe County in this battle, and also ate most of the Japanese puppet troops in Weihe and Ning'an, and the devils will definitely not let us go. ”

"In the plains, we can't go head-to-head with devils with planes and cavalry and cars, and the plains are not conducive to our concealment. In my opinion, the best option for us is to go north, cross the Binsui Railway, and join the Third Route Army. Or move closer to the east, with the troops of the Second Route Army remaining in the Jidong area, so that they can rely on each other. ”

"Although the Jidong region is the key area for the devils to attack, it can coordinate with the First Route Army in South Manchuria and the Third Route Army in North Manchuria and fight in coordination. Moreover, the mountains here are vertical and horizontal, and you can enter the Xing'an Mountains and Lao Ye Ridge to the north, and move closer to the Third Route Army that is active there. The south can go south to Changbai Mountain and join the First Army. For us, there's not much more room for manoeuvre than here. ”

Regarding Li Yanping's thoughts, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "It is necessary to get closer, but not now." We can't be like children, who are bullied outside, and if we can't beat others, we hide home. ”

"And the devil is not a fool, it is very likely that we will retreat east and north, and it is bound to deploy heavy troops on the route of our eastward retreat and northward march to wait for us to throw ourselves into the net."

"My construction is that not only should we not go east and north, but we should go south and west. The devils will encircle and suppress us with heavy troops, that's for sure. But no matter how tight the blockade is, there will be gaps. Only by constantly moving through guò and tearing open the blockade of the devils can we have a chance to get closer to our superiors. Otherwise, not only will we not be able to get out of it ourselves, but we will even expose the location of our superiors. ”

Yang Zhen's words fell, and Li Yanping stared at the map for a long time before saying, "Old Yang, tell me what you think." I know that your old Yang can fight, and he is very good at military affairs. However, I would like to remind you that when we go west, we must not only enter the plains that are difficult to hide, but also enter the core area of the devil's tight control. Lao Yang, it is difficult for us to confront the devils head-on in the plains. ”

"Commissar, there are no absolutes in anything. You are a top student at Moscow Eastern University, and you must have studied dialectics as well. In the plains, it is true that at least for the time being, we are simply not able to compete with the devils. But could it be said that in the mountains and forests, our army has always had an advantage in the competition with the devils? I'm afraid not. ”

"Our main means of warfare against devils is ambush warfare. Political commissar, you are the main commander of this western expedition, have you ever been ambushed by the Japanese puppet army in this western expedition? I think it's been a few times, right? According to the law we have always believed, we should ambush the devils, how can it be the devils who ambush us, and it is still in the mountain warfare that we are good at? But the truth is that we have not only been ambushed by devils, but not once. Therefore, we should think about the problem according to the actual situation, rather than always sticking to the rules. ”

"You're right, it's hard for us to compete head-on with the devils in the plains. And most of the plains are heavily defended areas by devils. But I didn't say that we really went into the plains around Harbin, and we didn't want to fight the devils in the plains. ”

"My idea is very simple, that is, we must not only go west, but also go west with great fanfare, and move the attention and troops of the devils out of the mountains. After we conquered Weihe County, it was inevitable that the devils would mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress us. ”

"Our westward march is to mobilize the enemy through a large number of frequent movements. Let the enemy not understand our true intentions, and give us the conditions to finally advance eastward. Otherwise, if we find a way to mobilize the devils, we will go directly east. Under the strict blockade of the devils, it is bound to repeat the mistakes of the Western Expeditionary Army. ”

"In a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, guerrilla warfare is a more suitable tactic. However, we must not blindly fight guerrilla warfare, but should combine movement warfare with guerrilla warfare. However, there is one thing we need to be aware of. It's that we can punch out, but our butts still can't leave the mountain no matter what. This is also the reason why I left the secret camp in Lao Heidingzi Mountain, and I also left Lao Peng behind. ”

"Judging from the current situation, I don't think we need to go head-to-head with the devil whether we go west or go south. We can attack the pioneer groups and group tribes through guò to attract the attention of the devils, and then after the heavy troops of the Japanese puppet army are attracted over, we can retreat eastward in search of opportunities. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen pointed to the map and said to Guo Bingxun: "Old Guo, you have to personally arrest the enemy." We are now far from being able to compare with the devils in terms of the source of human intelligence, but we can listen to the devils' incoming and outgoing telegrams as much as possible through some of the Japanese puppet army passwords captured in several battles. ”

"We are nothing more than a bunch of bandits in the eyes of the devils, and we are not worthy of being the opponent of their regular army. I don't think the devils will take too much precautions when they communicate with each other. Don't use passwords that are too high. Moreover, in order to facilitate the monitoring of the puppet Manchu army, the devil will not equip the puppet Manchurian military police with advanced passwords. ”

"So Lao Guo, you have to find a way to decipher the Japanese puppet army telegram as much as possible with the few captured codes you have at hand. Give our actions as much as possible to create zào conditions. We now have too few sources of intelligence, not to mention, and our means are too simple. ”

"Otherwise, we can't afford to wait for a time just by relying on the limited information that the underground party relies on the traffic officers to convey back and forth, not to mention anything else. There is some information, and by the time the traffic officer finds us, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold. So Lao Guo, since we can't find clairvoyance, then you must find a way to get us a pair of tailwind ears. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun nodded and said, "I'll try my best." However, the devil found that the codebook was lost, and he had to change the password. I've studied passwords, but I'm not a professional. You can only do your best. ”

In response to Guo Bingxun's answer, Yang Zhen nodded and then turned his head to Wang Guangyu and said, "Lao Wang, you have rich experience in guerrilla warfare, I think you will be responsible for our operation and contain the stragglers." Once the connection with the main force is severed, there is no need to forcibly look for us. You can lead a team to take advantage of the lack of people and concealment, and find an opportunity to return home. If it really doesn't work, they hide on the spot. In your experience, no matter how many devils deploy troops, there should be no problem finding a gap to bring them out. ”

After explaining the tasks of Guo Bingxun and Wang Guangyu, Yang Zhen pointed to the map and said, "My next decision is to prepare for our movement to the southwest. First defeat these pioneer groups and group tribes in the territory of the five permanent members, and then turn to Acheng, putting on a posture of moving in the direction of Harbin. In short, the bigger the movement, the better. ”