Poison Fang

The Central Plains Field Army was ordered to go south to prepare for the cross-river battle. At this time, the remnants of militia groups and bandits hiding and fleeing in the deep mountains and forests of southwestern Henan got the news and joined forces with each other. They came out of the mountains to grab food, burned houses, and attacked county and district governments, directly threatening the stability of the new political power in southwestern Henan. After receiving orders from their superiors, the 173rd Independent Regiment of the People's Liberation Army immediately returned to the western Henan region and attacked the frenzied bandit armed forces head-on. Most of the more than 100 groups of bandits were wiped out, and the remaining bandits retreated into the deep mountains and forests again and fled. Yang Zhenwu, the leader of the independent regiment, established a bandit suppression headquarters with the cooperation of the local government.