The Four Wilds Conquest of the World", "Encircling and Suppressing the Four Bandits"

First, the historical background of the suppression of bandits in the northeast

After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang actively prepared for a civil war, wantonly recruited all kinds of reactionary forces in the northeast, and secretly promised high-ranking officials Houlu to the northern Manchurian bandit leaders Li Huatang, Xie Wendong, Zhang Yuxin, and others in order to plan the attack of the Kuomintang troops.

After the communist forces of the former Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army entered the northeast first, they quietly formed the Northeast Democratic United Army. In the early days of the establishment of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, some troops also incorporated a number of bandit armed forces in order to expand their ranks. Including Li Huatang (former commander of the Ninth Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army), Xie Wendong (former commander of the Eighth Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army), and Sun Rongjiu.

When the Kuomintang army marched into the northeast on a large scale, these bandit armed companies with guns defected to the Kuomintang camp, as many as tens of thousands, and wreaked havoc and burned in the rear. The Northeast Democratic United Army suddenly fell into a grim situation in which there were large troops of the Kuomintang army in the past, and hundreds of thousands of bandits armed with arms taking advantage of the fire to loot, and it was urgent to suppress the bandits.

Hubei Xianning Museum: Recent photo of the author (himself).

Second, the enemy and us are fighting to the death

At the end of 1945, the strength of the Hejiang Military Region in Northern Manchuria was only about 2,000 people, but the total number of bandits in Hejiang was more than 20,000, and the ratio of troop strength between the two sides was 1:10. Among them, Xie Wendong, Li Huatang' department, Zhang Yuxin's department, and Sun Rongjiu's department were the most powerful, known as the "four flagpoles" of the bandits in the northeast, each with thousands of guns.

In the face of the serious bandit situation, our army meticulously prepared, concentrated its forces, and quickly attacked, successively launching a series of battles such as the counterattack battle in Yilan County and the white-knife battle of Sandaogang, which dealt a heavy blow to the bandits.

In January 1946, in the face of rampant banditry, our army launched a rapid counterattack from Yilan County, annihilating a brigade in the east of Xie Wen and capturing more than 200 rifles. Then our army attacked The Three Posts, and the "four flagpoles" bandits stubbornly resisted and launched many counterattacks against our army. At the critical moment, our army and the bandits launched a white-knife battle of positions, and the bandits were frightened and quickly routed. After that, our army attacked Zhang Yuxin's new department and the Three Daogang bandits' department at night, capturing more than 600 bandits. In February 1946, our army returned to attack the north bank of the Songhua River, eliminating more than 700 li huatang bandits.

Third, the LinHai SnowField Pursuit Battle began

After successive blows, the bandit armed forces fled back to the mountains and forests, and their arrogance was greatly reduced, but this also increased the difficulty of the subsequent work of suppressing bandits. The real Lin Hai Snow Pursuit Battle is about to debut. How did the last four bandits end up? How did Yang Zirong capture the mountain carving? How did Yang Zirong sacrifice? What are some of the unknown details? Wait for the following article to come slowly!