The battlefields of the Battle of Wuhan spanned Anhui Province, Henan Province, Zhejiang Province and Hubei Province. It took four and a half months from June to November. It was the longest, largest and most famous battle in the entire War of Resistance Against Japan.

Due to the strong resistance of the Chinese army, although the Japanese army occupied the three towns in Wuhan and controlled the heart of China, they won the victory. However, in terms of strategy, Japan failed to realize its strategic attempt to force the Chinese government to surrender.

In the rear that the Japanese army had occupied, a large number of anti-Japanese people grew up, and a large area of ​​land was regained.

In the words of the Japanese army, the "so-called public security recovery areas occupied by the Japanese army are actually limited to several kilometers on both sides of the main traffic line." Therefore, it can be said that the Battle of Wuhan not only completely shattered the Japanese army's strategic policy of "quick battle and quick decision" but also became a turning point for Japan to move from strategic offense to strategic defense.

After fighting for the past two months, the first detachment of the Eastern Henan Advance Column led by Yang Tianfeng finally achieved a good situation after more than 20 battles in the area of ​​Yong (cheng), Xia (yi), Dang (shan). Not only did it control a large territory and population, but the troops also grew from more than 800 to more than 1,500.

It has to be said that the anti-Japanese work in Yongcheng County is much better than Yang Tianfeng expected, which is mainly due to the contribution of the former county magistrate Lu Wenping.

Since Lu Wenping was appointed as the magistrate of Yongcheng in November 1937, he was full of confidence and carried out all his efforts in anti-Japanese and national salvation activities. He also served as the chairman of the Anti-Japanese and National Rescue Mobilization Committee. He handed over 3,000 yuan of special road construction funds that could not be used unless approved by the provincial government to the mobilization committee to start a youth training class.

Lu Wenping divided the students of the youth training class into five anti-Japanese work groups, appointed five working group leaders to serve as district heads of each district in the county, and more than 100 working group members were appointed as joint security directors and documents of each township, and went deep into various districts to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda, and established anti-Japanese joint village meetings and anti-Japanese joint defense self-defense forces in rural areas of the county.

The predecessors planted trees and later generations enjoyed the shade. Although Lu Wenping's work was hated by local tyrants and evil gentry and criticized by the Henan Provincial Party Committee, it provided extremely favorable conditions for the development and growth of the troops led by Yang Tianfeng here.

Those students of the youth training class who had been scattered and hidden after the fall of Yongcheng and had not yet withdrawn came to join in to serve. The Anti-Japanese United Village Association and the Joint Defense Self-Defense Force, which once entered underground activities, also rekindled. While ensuring the stability of the grassroots regime, they also provided a considerable source of troops for advancing the detachment.

The night was quiet, and after the darkness of the sky, it turned brighter without realizing it, and the surrounding scenery was immediately vivid in my mind.

In the town of Woyang County, there is a large house with dim light and gloomy appearance, with Jiang ZS's avatar hanging on the wall.

"...adhering to the Three Principles of the People, obeying the leaders, abide by the discipline of the group, fulfilling their duties, and keeping secrets strictly. If you violate your oath, you are willing to be punished with the most severe punishment. Please be sure to oath."

The solemn oath of several young people was finished, and they were excited and excited unconcealed from their faces. Ma Yuming majesticly picked up the chicken blood wine that had been prepared and drank it with several young people.

"You are all revolutionary youths, holding the arteries of the current stage and standing in front of the great era. Therefore, we must be able to achieve poverty and humbleness, and to protect the security of our leaders and protect the country's territory and sovereignty. Everyone must be brave, calm, neat, serious, hardworking and brave to sacrifice and struggle. You are the Great Wall of the country and the vanguard of the nation. Today, when you join the Military Control Commission, you must be willing to be an unknown hero, a leader, and sacrifice everything for the group when necessary." Ma Yuming shook the young people's minds again, and then shook hands with them separately and asked someone to take them out.

Ma Yuming was the only one left in the room. He sat at the table, touched his chin, flipped through the battle report and "The Essence of Boya's Tactics" sent by Yang Tianfeng, and carefully pondered his future and work direction.

It was Ma Yuming's helpless move to win over Yang Tianfeng, but he never expected that Yang Tianfeng and more than 800 people had really made a small world outside. Moreover, from the momentum, the momentum was very strong and there was more room for development.

At this time, Jiang zs had just expanded the second department of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission into the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission, referred to as the "Military Command". The director of the Military Commission was He Yaozu, appointed by Jiang zs, as the director of the First Department of the Attendant Office, and Dai L was appointed as the deputy director (being actually responsible).

When he first took office, Dai L was about to take control of an armed force. In fact, after the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Dai L made such an attempt. He and Shanghai Gang leader Du Yuesheng and others conspired to organize the armed spy organization of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee's Random Movement Team, which was reorganized into the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee's Zhongyi National Saving Army in 1938. Facts proved that he had a good vision and had a good time to capture. The armed force of the Zhongyi National Saving Army greatly expanded the strength of the Military Control Commission in the future.

The Loyal and Righteous National Saving Army was established in a relatively hasty manner. If it is a "mob", it may not be nice, but if it is a "mixed fish and dragon", it seems to be a different one. But the most lacking is formal training and military cadres. Training is too late, but it is impossible for cadres to not have it.

According to Dai L's coordination, he transferred more than a thousand military cadres to the "North Movement" within a week. He was willing to invest in his capital and spared no effort to support and work hard. Naturally, the people below saw it and remembered it in their hearts.

If the superiors have something to do, the subordinates must do it. This is a practice in the Chinese officialdom. For example, Wang Tianmu, the highest leader of the North China Region of the Secret Service, was very good at doing things. He organized the North China Loyal and Righteous National Saving Army in Tianjin to win over some unemployed soldiers, bandit leaders, landlords and gentry, appointed official titles, recruited soldiers and established themselves, and formed the 21st army in eastern Hebei, central Hebei, and northern Shandong. Except for a few armed groups, most of the rest had only numbers and commanders with bare numbers.

We dare not have extravagant hopes for the 21st Army. It is more realistic to organize one and two routes! Ma Yuming then put his thoughts on Yang Tianfeng.

Although the army of loyal and righteous people in North China has claimed to have twenty-one roads, the prospects are worrying and the results are too poor. At the beginning, it was very popular. Now it has declined and lost, and there are not many roads that can still be achieved.

Local armed forces like Yang Tianfeng can defeat the Japanese continuously and conquer the two counties, Woyang County and Yongcheng in a short period of time. In that year, it was really shocking and a very impressive achievement. If this army that can be fought is brought over, Shangfeng would definitely be very happy. If Shangfeng is happy, his official position will continue to rise. When the official position is promoted, his power will be greater.
Chapter completed!