Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 287 Preparations
Advance team.

"Okay, everyone is clear about the situation on the Eighth Route Army side, and their opinions have been expressed. Now, if we summarize them, there are only two opinions. One is that we don't agree to break up the brothers. If we want to do it, we should work together. If not, then forget it.
The second opinion is that no matter what, we must find a way to fight back home. The rest of the opinions are nothing, so we raise our hands to decide which opinion to implement. Let's make it clear first that we must obey the majority. There are 17 people present now. If more than two-thirds of them agree, then we who oppose cannot regret it. "

"Okay, Deputy Commander Yu, the brothers all understand. Let's vote by raising our hands." Someone said impatiently.

"Okay, now those brothers who agree with the first opinion please raise your hands." Yu Zhenze didn't say anything more and started voting directly.

Five people in the audience raised their hands without hesitation.

Another person hesitated and wanted to raise his hand, but ultimately did not do so.

"One, two, three, four, five. Now, please raise your hands if you agree with the second opinion." After counting, Yu Zhenze started the second round directly.

"One, two, three, four, five, and two! Now it has been approved by a two-thirds majority. It seems that everyone wants to fight back home. Nothing else matters. It is decided then. If you really don't want to follow, just withdraw."

Yu Zhenze breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that most people agreed.

He had gone through a lot of encouragement and mobilization, and now seeing that the results were pretty good, he had finally convinced most of his comrades to act in accordance with the Eighth Route Army's requirements. The first step was to join the ranks of the Autonomous Army.

In fact, after more than 4 hours of arguments and rebuttals, everyone was very clear that it was too naive to think that they would need others to give them guns and cannons in order to maintain their independent identity. For them, the most important thing now was to fight back to their hometown, and everything else was secondary.

If they had not participated this time, they would have always been wandering guerrillas. Although it was a bit unpleasant to eat the Eighth Route Army's rations now, they finally had a hope of fighting back home.

They are all people with blood still indifferent, and they have a blood feud with the Japanese. Even if they have to eat the Eighth Route Army's rations again, even if there is no possibility of promotion, they will fight back to avenge so many fellow countrymen!
Otherwise, they will have to live in remorse and regret for the rest of their lives. Some of them had fought against the Japanese, but lost miserably, and many of their comrades died. After all, in the fruit camp, they were all raised like stepmothers, with poor weapons and supplies, and served as cannon fodder.

As for Guosu, they had no parents and no hope at all, so they were defeated and scattered. After crawling out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, they were filled with despair and no longer had the energy to struggle.

But now the Eighth Route Army beat the Japs like grandsons. Not only did they recover the Shanxi area, but they also defeated the Kwantung Army twice, burying hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers in the fertile land of North China.

It immediately rekindled everyone's hope.

However, the brothers had misjudged the situation. They thought that if they gathered together, they would be more capable of fighting and could better join forces for revenge.

But Yu Zhenze was right. Why should others give you equipment, supplies, and even clear the way for you?
What can just over a thousand people do to the Kwantung Army?
Honestly speaking, with their abilities and channels, it is not difficult for each of them to get a rifle, but what can a ragtag group of soldiers with more than a thousand rifles accomplish? Can they really build a new Northeast Army from scratch?
Stop dreaming.

Yu Zhenze dispelled the brothers' fantasies and rekindled their morale. Since they were all fighting the Japanese, what was wrong with joining the Eighth Route Army?
It doesn't matter if you didn't see through it before or didn't think highly of it. The Eighth Route Army is now completely different from the past. They have airplanes, tanks, cannons and everything else. They are several times more powerful than Guo Su's direct line!
Staff Officer Zuo was still very satisfied with Yu Zhenze's work efficiency, even though he was now ready to attack.

Seven and a half routes, the Saibei Military Region has already made some progress.

However, the actual preparations are complicated and the movement of millions of troops involves a lot of things. Let alone other things, eating alone is not a small matter.

Fortunately, the border areas and Shanxi have had a good summer harvest. Although the summer harvest in northern Henan and central Hebei was slightly delayed, a rush to harvest it can barely meet local needs.

The widespread use of rotary tillers has increased farming efficiency many times and greatly reduced the need for labor for planting. As a result, the impact of expanding the army and withdrawing hundreds of thousands of people from the guerrillas for part-time work is not too great. In addition, the use of chemical and organic fertilizers and the construction of water conservancy projects have opened up a large amount of irrigated land, raising the per-acre yield to a new level. In border areas and Jiuyuan, water conservancy projects were started early, and relying on the Yellow River and Yan River, millions of high-yield irrigated lands were formed.

In Shanxi, after more than half a year of labor-intensive water conservancy construction, several million mu of high-yield irrigation areas have also been formed.

The food problem that has been plaguing the base area no longer needs to be worried about for the time being.

As for next year, with the fertile land in Qilu and Jizhong, new granaries will be formed after a new round of construction, and the food problem will be even less of a problem.

For Staff Officer Zuo, these are all minor issues; military issues are the big issues, such as guiding the march and intelligence work, which are one of the most important links.

Originally, it was difficult to find a suitable candidate for Staff Officer Zuo, as most of the Anti-Japanese United Army were forced into the deep mountains and forests, and reconnaissance and intelligence personnel familiar with the Northeast were extremely scarce.

Unexpectedly, at this critical juncture, Yu Zhenze, after some effort, gathered more than a thousand Northeastern troops. These people were born and raised in the Northeast and were very familiar with the local situation.

For Staff Officer Zuo, this was like timely help.

Hearing Yu Zhenze's reply, Staff Officer Zuo smiled heartily and felt relieved.

Soldiers eat food and fight for their lives, their heads are on the belt, and they still have to be willing. Otherwise, they will not be united as one against the enemy on the battlefield. If Yu Zhenze and his men insist on forming an independent army and playing by themselves, Chief of Staff Zuo would rather not have such people and would not force them to join.

Fortunately, they have figured it out now, so that's good.

It’s really timely relief.

"Captain Yu, since all the brothers have no problem, I welcome everyone to join the People's Autonomous Army to eliminate the Japanese and recover Northeast China. Of course, the Japanese Kwantung Army still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and they are unwilling to fail, so we still need to find ways to annihilate them.

When marching and fighting, intelligence comes first. Although we don't need to fully understand the Japanese's position deployment now, we still need to understand the basic situation. We can't be completely in the dark when we arrive outside the Great Wall.

Therefore, I hope that Commander Yu can mobilize these brothers who are suitable for reconnaissance work to join the reconnaissance team. Now that our army is about to attack, intelligence reconnaissance work on the front line must be done in advance.

We recruit people based on their abilities. Those who can be reconnaissance squad leaders can be squad leaders, and those who can be reconnaissance platoon leaders can be platoon leaders."

Yu Zhenze had not expected such a good thing to happen. He had some selfish motives in forming an independent army. He thought that if he had a number, he could appoint the cadres himself and have some positions.

I didn’t expect that they didn’t think so much and just put it in place.

Although reconnaissance as a vanguard is indeed very dangerous, there is no safety when serving in the army and fighting. Who doesn't want to fight back home and have a future at the same time?

With this promise from Staff Officer Zuo, Yu Zhenze's morale suddenly boosted when he returned to his work.

Those who are capable will naturally recommend themselves, and everyone wants to have a chance.

The soldiers who can join this team are more or less quick-witted, otherwise they would not have the connections to join together.

Now, everyone doesn't have to consider forming a separate team and competing internally. Positions have already been released, so as long as you have the ability, just go and give it a try.

This is definitely not something that can be determined by what you say. Even if you don't conduct an investigation, you must at least walk on the front line of the battlefield and demonstrate your ability before you can secure your position.

But even so, it is still a popular commodity.

Being able to get a position as an official and return home in glory is much better than fleeing in disgrace from outside the Great Wall in a hurry.

After all, even if they have been living away from home for many years, their hearts are still tied to their hometown, and it would be ideal for them to be able to return with dignity.

The advance group was busy selecting and had chosen a group of scouts for each column, with the first attack group being given priority!
To ensure that each infantry regiment level and above had a reconnaissance platoon composed of local people, Li Yunlong and his men happened to be in Taiyuan, and they took away members who were willing to be scouts directly from the advance regiment and brought them back to their own column. After training, competitions, and heartfelt ideological work, they quickly turned these Northeast Army soldiers into members of the army.

When it comes to the use of talent, Li Yunlong and his colleagues certainly have no prejudice. After preliminary investigation, many personnel were found to be flexible in thinking and have outstanding individual combat capabilities. Li Yunlong directly promoted them to reconnaissance platoon leaders!
This is why it is only in extraordinary times that peripheral soldiers can be promoted in one fell swoop.

These people themselves will become the vanguard of the troops' advance, and the mission of reconnaissance outside the Great Wall is arduous and dangerous.

At such a critical juncture, Li Yunlong and his colleagues boldly promoted people based on the principle of not employing people if they doubt them, and trusting people if they employ them.

After a period of training and adaptation, reconnaissance teams set out in advance with radio stations and began to secretly enter the area outside the Great Wall. Their mission was to carry out secret reconnaissance work by hiding during the day and traveling at night along the mountainous area of ​​the Thousand Mile Corridor, and before the arrival of the army, they would continuously send the Japanese defense intelligence back to the first attack group.

As for Yu Zhenze's work task, it was to lead an advance team composed of a Type B regiment from Taiyuan, sneak into the mountainous areas of Suizhong and Xingcheng outside the Great Wall to establish a base, contact the local resistance forces, and prepare to act as an internal response.

The advance regiment became the vanguard of the first attack group. After the reorganization was completed, it went directly north through the Zhengtai Line, Pinghan Line and Jingfeng Line.

The reorganization of the First Attack Group will take some time. As a large offensive force, the First Attack Group's mission is to open up the Liaodong Corridor and pave the way for subsequent teams.

So Li Yunlong and his group were the second large group to set off. While they were mobilizing weapons to complete the reorganization, they were also mobilizing trains to prepare to head north by rail.

This time, they boarded the train to the Northeast, taking their weapons and themselves, from the Pinghan Line and the Jingfeng Line!
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